Hey everyone!
Thank you so much for following this newsletter throughout the year.
I’m on holiday until New Year’s Eve, so this will be the last one for the year. I’ve been busy doing last minute errands, working, and doing final catch ups with friends that my brain hasn’t had much time to be inspired to write. What always inspires me, however, are images.
My wrap-up of 2020 in pictures…
This year I started studying Arabic. This artist is illustrating the animals with the Arabic text. Check out this stunning photo series of Hong Kong by Kris Provoost in the equally interesting article ‘Psychology of Scale: People, Buildings and Cities’ ‘And suddenly, at the end of the day, I found… hope!’ by Pedro Gabriel A statue of a woman by Lebanese artist Hayat Nazer – made out of broken glass, rubble and a damaged clock marking the time (6:08 PM) of the mega explosion at the port of Beirut – is placed opposite the blast site in the Lebanese capital. Google Search Results for Sun Tanning vs Skin Whitening from 2004 to 2020. Because Trump was golfing when the election was called, he had to drive through all of DC celebrating his ousting. Luke Gilford spent four years immersing himself in LGBTQ+ rodeo culture Lonely places from the suburbs of Tijuana, México (2020) by robbodarko As of February 2020, one third of local governments officially declared themselves as LGBT-free zones. The so-called “Atlas of Hate” map , compiled by LGBTI activists, illustrates the some 100 municipalities having adopted resolutions that create hostile spaces for members of the LGBTI community. Share
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Apparently, there’s a limit to how much Substack will allow me to post in one newsletter.
For this reason I shall stop here and wish everyone Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Socially Distanced New Year.
I leave you with the music video for Katya Zamolodchikova’s song ‘Ding Dong’, which has the perfect aesthetic for 2020.
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