Category: Blog
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Why does everyone hate Seul Ki? I don’t
I like her. I mean, I love her. It’s weird to me that people demonize feminine qualities as if strong women can’t exist in feminine bodies.
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The Ordinary Life of a Main Character
In films, everyone is ordinary until something extraordinary happens to them. The events are often something external at first, but one that awakens their internal struggles.
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My Liberation Notes
My Liberation Notes’ lives and characters feel like real people, and parts of them reflect what’s going on with me too.
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The Artist and Her Sh*t Sandwich
(*Written in 2016, while the author was in film school) Elizabeth Gilbert talked about the concept of “shit sandwiches”, which are the not so awesome things you have to do to get to your goals. This is where the phrase “you gotta eat your shit sandwich” stems from. A phrase my sister and I usually…
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The Artist: Reluctance and Creativity Bias
For the longest time I’ve been reluctant to call myself an artist. The closest I could get is my artist temperament. Jk. It’s to accept compliments when people tell me I’m a creative person. I’ve always needed some form of external validation that what I was doing was somewhere close to being an artist. And…
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Curated Corner: Coffee, Art & Rain
This collection of curated spaces: A coffeeshop, an art museum and an anime is a nod to that particular feeling of surrealism and nostalgia when sun meets rain. Something particularly nostalgic about staying in coffee shops is during that transition from summer to rainy months when the rain would often fall even during a sunny…
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A Starter Life
2017, Manila- I had eleven boxes when I first moved into my space. It was a room in an old duplex. Spacious with wooden floors, tall windows, and a balcony overlooking one of the main arteries of the village. Life in the neighbourhood The village itself was a hub for food and entertainment, close to…
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Curated Corner: Lovely Things
A museum cafe in Manila, a slow film about people and relationships, and music that makes you feel good and light. This list is only three things but it’s worth it. 1.) The Museum Cafe The Museum Cafe is the perfect place to spend a long hot rainy summer afternoon with good company. Our server…
Soft City Life 