fragments of art, literature, and people that have touched, stayed with, or changed me in their own little ways; each holding a special place in my heart,
and forever a work in progress.
“A woman is unruly if anyone has incorrectly decided that she’s too much of something, and if she, in turn, has chosen to believe that she’s just fine.” - Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror.

Angie McMahon, “Letting Go”
Banshees of Inisherin, Dir: Martin McDonagh, 2022.
“Some things there's no moving on from. And I think that's a good thing.”
“Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women.” - Everything I Know About Love, Dolly Alderton.

Justin Peck
The Times are Racing
Moonee: You know why this is my favorite tree?
Jancey: Why?
Moonee: 'Cause it's tipped over, and it's still growing.
The Florida Project (Sean Baker)

Bal, Semih Kaplanoğlu, 2010

Sky Ladder
Artwork by Cai Guo Qiang
Film by Kevin Macdonald
“nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know…”
When Things Fall Apart (Pema Chödrön)

#GucciFest Episode 3: “At The Post Office” - Ouverture Of Something That Never Ended,
Dir: Gus Van Sant & Alessandro Michele.
“Kindness is the antidote to everything. Just as water soothes fire, kindness calms how we burn each other from time to time. And under all the ways we burn and hurt, there’s the soft and lasting presence we were born with, waiting to blossom in the midst of any trouble.”
Things That Join the Sea and the Sky: Field Notes on Living (Mark Nepo)

“Knowing Me, Knowing You” (Angie McMahon’s cover of ABBA)

Ma Vie de Courgette (Claude Barras)
"This is the really hard part, and then it gets better, and then it gets hard again."
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
"Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.”
The BFG (Roald Dahl)

Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
"Most people were heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after it has been cut up and butchered. But the old man thought, I have such a heart too."
Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)

Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson)

Seymour: An Introduction (Ethan Hawke)
"All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it."
The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (Roy Andersson)

Little Men (Ira Sachs)
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)