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There are generally four different selves we portray in our lives. They are the community self, the worker self, the home self, and the private self. For each of these we have a different set of behaviors, clothing, activities, and
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“If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation.”
― 1Q84
― 1Q84
“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.”
― Invisible Cities
― Invisible Cities
“We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.”
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“Each neighborhood of the city appeared to be made of a different substance, each seemed to have a different air pressure, a different psychic weight: the bright lights and shuttered shops, the housing projects and luxury hotels, the fire escapes and city parks.”
― Open City
― Open City
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to."
[MovieMaker Magazine #53 - Winter, January 22, 2004 ]”
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[MovieMaker Magazine #53 - Winter, January 22, 2004 ]”
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Erica’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Erica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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164 friends
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88 books
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267 books
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1,362 books
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41 friends
94 books
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4 friends
61 books
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20 friends
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