Unsolicited Recommendations n.1
Space, friendship, and souped-up radiators.
As autumn sets in, I’m also settling in. My kitchen has been overflowing with home baking all week and I’m drinking tea again instead of smoothies. This transition into fall is among my favourite times of the year; I’m re-focused on my health and wellbeing, ready to dig into projects, and reading again.
Post-summer break, I’m trying something out here with my mailings: (maybe) less sporadic and more dispersed across multiple threads. Here’s a short, dedicated bulletin of Unsolicited Recommendations; next week, a full piece, sans recommendations, on two books about desire.
Unsolicited Recommendations
‘Ghosts of Stone’ by Maggie Devlin, a reflection on inhabiting space.
James Blake’s newest single, ‘Life Is Not the Same’, about the loss of a friendship. Prepare to have your heart broken.
The work of photographer Mimi Cherono Ng’ok - delicate, intimate, understated, and self-contained.
Tactile sculptural and installation pieces by Haegue Yang, like these souped-up radiators and tinkly bell-skirted disco balls.
A small taste of evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar’s book on friendship, via the Atlantic.
Questions to Ask the security staff in an art gallery.