“I believe life is a continuum, and that no one really dies, they just drop their physical body and we'll all meet again, like the song says. It's sad but it's not devastating if you think like that... We're all going to be fine at the end of the story.” — David Lynch
Happy New Year! Last year hasn’t been particularly kind, but there was great art to help me carry on at least.
Here are my favourite firsts of 2024—books, films, records. Always trying to get out of my comfort zone.
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"In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you." 💚 Beloved Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, who created some of cinema’s most transcendent works of all time, was born on this day in 1940. Which of his life-affirming films will you be revisiting?