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That solo approach offered a much-needed counterweight to the scale and intensity of his recent filmmaking, Lanthimos said. “It’s more direct and unfiltered,” he added. “You don’t need that many people. You don’t need that much structure and money. You can do it whenever you want.”
Photography, with its quiet rituals and self-contained process, has offered some meditative calm amid the creative whirlwind of the past few years.
Yorgos Lanthimos Steps Back From the Movie Camera, and Picks Up Another One
nytimes.com
While in graduate school and mulling relationship problems, Marc Berman did something that felt faintly ludicrous: He walked up to an oak tree and started talking to it.
Society Needs a Doctor’s Prescription for Nature
Oliver Milman
When I understood my values, I had to confront the pain of looking stupid and having people get angry at me when they disagreed with my decisions; I had to let go of the safety of social status and the coping mechanisms I had relied on. I soon withdrew from oversocializing, stopped giving poetry readings and publishing in magazines, and instead turned toward what felt private and alive.
The Paradox Is That When I Accept Myself Just as I Am, I Change
Henrik Karlsson
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