How do you define love? Is it a biological process or a psychological reaction? Perhaps it is a socially mandated act of seeking out a partner, or a philosophical craving to have some kind of companion. The reality is that there are more questions than there are answers when it comes to discussing love and…
Preparation for the Next Life (2025)
How fast do you have to run to truly escape your past? This is a question that has been posed in many different ways over the centuries, with the idea of disappearing into the ether and starting anew in entirely different places being a theme that has fascinated artists for generations. It is also a…
Good Fortune (2025)
At some point or another, we have all looked at someone and wished we could swap lives with them (and anyone who hasn’t had such a thought, even if only briefly, is either completely delusional or the most privileged person in history), just to walk in their shoes and experience what we perceive to be…
Alpha (2025)
There are countless ways to explore grief in art, which reflects the fact that there isn’t any singular guide to grieving, and that we all process loss differently. Some of the most compelling and intriguing works have been produced by those who attempt to explore the world through the eyes of someone who is mourning,…
I Only Rest in the Storm (2025)
In the early 1970s, Tom Zé released an album that featured a particular song, “O Riso e a Faca” – it’s not widely considered one of his most famous compositions, nor one that is regularly discussed beyond the occasional mention. Despite this, the message at the heart of the song (the title translating as “the…
The Long Walk (2025)
How far would you go to help your family rise out of debilitating poverty? For most of us, there isn’t any limit to the extent we’d push ourselves when it comes to protecting and providing for our loved ones, even if it means forcing ourselves far beyond our physical and mental capabilities. However, the world…
Souleymane’s Story (2025)
There are few subjects today that stir up quite as much discourse as that of immigration, and it seems like the conversation around the people that seek refuge in supposedly “developed” countries will always undoubtedly devolve into ferocious arguments about the need to preserve a culture and its people, as if many of these countries…
The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
When speaking about what precisely drew her to build a career out of revising classic fairytales by rewriting them as more challenging, mature works (as evident by her timeless masterpiece The Bloody Chamber), Angela Carter essentially described her process as being one of taking these stories shared across generational and geographical boundaries, and underlining that…
Ponyboi (2025)
When all is said and done, all we have that is truly our own is our identity – material possessions don’t last forever, friends (and even family) come and go, and achievements ultimately mean very little. All we can hold onto in challenging circumstances that can never truly be taken away is our own inner…
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (2025)
When travelling through any part of the world that holds some significant history (regardless of region or continent), I am always struck by the feeling that I am not alone at that present moment – even without a travelling companion, there is a familiar feeling that lingers over many of these places, creating a sense…
The Postmodern Pelican 