December 2021
Tag Archives: Literature
Why Our Culture Needs Anti-Heroes
“At midnight, all the agents…”
Fighting World-Weariness
“You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away.” – Fredrik Backman
Our Shared Humanity
“True artists scorn nothing : they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.” – Albert Camus
Follow Your Calling
“I didn’t mind the misery of a vocation but I dreaded not being called.” – Patti Smith
Seek Different Sources of Inspiration
“My interest in making music has been to create something that does not exist that I would like to listen to.” – Brian Eno
Reading During Hard Times
“Live in the books for a while, learn from them what seems to be worth learning, but above all love them.” – Rilke
The Joy in Listening Closely
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley
Reading List
November 2020
Learning From Dystopian Literature
“If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.” – Cormac McCarthy
Izzat Zailan 