The presence of an object of desire is one that evokes euphoria accompanied by bitter melancholy, for it overwhelms with grief those who realize they may never possess it. In fact, some even wish they have never encountered it, for the shortlived exhilaration is almost always replaced by a perpetual yet futile longing. Some of […]
Read More DesireLet me send chills down your spine with an icy stare. Photographer: Aaron Kho Model: Yours truly
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Read More AutumnStudying abroad has given me the phenomenal experience of soaking in every season, which is perhaps one of my greatest takeaways from the first year of university. From inhaling the intoxicating autumn breeze to weathering intense winter blizzards, from being enthralled by splendid spring blooms to enduring seemingly endless summer heatwaves, I render going […]
Read More Vivaldi/Richter – SpringListening to Dinah Washington’s This Bitter Earth while taking a walk through Washington Square Park at dawn is an existential experience. As Washington’s husky voice fills the crevices of my mind, the despair that oozes out of every word leaves me trembling: This bitter earth Well, what fruit it bears This bitter earth And if my […]
Read More Washington Square Park X This Bitter EarthI have always been a little bit of a rebel.
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