Last weekend, three of my college friends and I took a trip out of Jakarta to Bandung, a city known for its colder temperatures and slightly cheaper cost of living. We met one more college friend, feasted on the various culinary treats of the city, and enjoyed each others’ companies. I also used this trip as a chance to shake the dust off of my camera and visually document the excursion.
Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog, in spite of its whimsical title, is not an easy read. It took me slightly longer than the average duration it usually takes me to finish a novel. But after reading it, I’d like to believe the story’s philosophy is not just crafted to entertain the reader, but also to educate, to humour, to open the possibility of empathy, and ultimately, to comfort. Also, Eminem is in this book — sort of.
The third cultured home is less worldly and more intangible. It can be made up of multiple and/or no locations, everywhere and/or nowhere. As a global nomad, I share my personal concept of home, going far beyond the physical constraints of location.
In March of 2010, California alternative band Lifehouse released “Smoke & Mirrors”, complete with a slightly new sound. As a Lifehouse fan since the early 2000′s, I bounce back and forth in the following album review between being a purist for the old sound and applauding their conscious efforts at a musical evolution.
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Seven months after I launched this domain, this is the first time it’s undergone a costume change. Herein is a design that contributes to this general online presence and reflects what I discovered and spent some years receiving formal education to be my passion.