february round up
There goes the shortest month of the year, rung in during the madness of lockdown and spat out in the sunniest of days on the beach and in the (still very cold) sea. Lockdown is lifting and the world is waking up from the winter. I have some really exciting projects on, currently wrapping up two branding jobs and then onto two more branding jobs, one a nutritionist and a photographer and the website of a disrupter wine producer. I am so happy that I still have clients at this time.
What I Read This Month
1. The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
2. The Mothers by Britt Bennett
3. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
4. Once Upon The South Downs Way by Julia Doherty
5. Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong by Elizabeth Day
I really loved this Laurie Frankel book, it follows the childhood of 5 sons, the last of which is born Claude and soon realises that he would very much prefer to be Poppy instead. This is such a warm, generous and gorgeous novel with family life at the centre, two inspiring and thoughtful parents and a fascinating topic. From Seattle to Thailand this was such an original and gorgeous read.
MONTHLY FAVOURITES
Turned Up Online For… Bloomsbury At Home: Bodies Virginia Woolf lived not half an hour from me in Kingston, Firle and Charleston with the Bloomsbury group. Here Holly Dawson went in depth in 5 sessions about how the group dealt with a lot of very different situations, they were so ahead of their time; naturalists, socialists, writers, explorers, many of whom dealt with illness and mental health issues.
Watched… Euphoria. Why has it taken me so long to watch this series, Zendaya is absolutely spell binding and everything about this is beautiful and painful and exploratory in the grittiest most millennial focused way. There is glitter and drugs and fascinating questions around heteronormativity, shame and fitting in at American high school.
Chasing The Present. This documentary really helped me in the midst of lockdown to try and stay in the present, up my yoga practise and to engage in separating my thoughts from myself. It was such a breath of fresh air, ideas I had come up against before in books like The Power of Now and The Celestine Prophecy but those I read over 10 years ago and this documentary takes in new practises such as yoga and Ayahuasca ceremonies, the negatives of the tech age and how stress is impacting our lives.
How To Fail x Jameela Jamil. Elizabeth Day and Jameela Jamil, I love these 2 women, they are doing good work and saying important things.
Annie Mac Changes with Kelis. Again two really cool women, Kelis was chatting about the farm she has moved to from her urban life in New York with her 3 kids.
On The Rocks. Ah Sofia Coppola (idol) and Bill Murray (favourite actor) are reunited on a project. This film is such a feel good joyful watch.
On Apple TV there is also this supporting conversation between Sofia Coppola and Rashida Jones in conversation with Esther Perel whose take on the film is fascinating and brilliant. Again, 3 excellent women!
See you next time. x
