Recommendations #3

and a happy new moon 🌑 to you

Note: It looks like this roundup post is settling in to a rhythm of going out every 2 months or so. As a reminder, and for those who are new, the asterisk * signifies anything published over a year ago (of which there is quite a bit in this round).

Enjoy, and let me know in the comments if you appreciated any of these, or have your own recommendations for me.

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new subscriptions

• Bones Made of Stardust
  : Virgo season: boundaries, discernment and the digestive system

articles

• The Bad Witch and Weaponized Pain: A Children’s Tale by

  Tessa Lena

• How Different Generations Respond to Emails Is Fascinating by

  That Guy From the Internet

  • for a bit of light humour ;)

• The Pressure Paradox by

  The Mandate

• The spirit does whatever it wants with you by

  Sasha's 'Newsletter'

  • a beautiful piece about the long-term effects of meditation practice

• When I have a slower publishing cadence my blog grows faster by

  Henrik Karlsson

  • for the writers and creatives

• Japanese Nail Houses and Desire Paths and Loneliness by

  Lonely Robot Theme

• How to disagree with a friend and A Post-Identity World by

  Less Foolish

books

fiction

• A Fantastic Voyage, by Isaac Asimov (1966)*

  • A surprisingly fun read for anyone who is interested in the human body. The story involves a group of people being ‘miniaturised’ so they can travel around inside someone’s body. Wondrous anatomical explorations and fast-paced action in one.

• Crimson City, by Madhulika Liddle (2015)*

  • A beguiling and atmospheric mystery set in 17th Century Mughal Delhi. Just my kind of thing, and also somewhere I would time-travel to, if I wasn’t a woman.

non-fiction

• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1990)*

• Wild Power, by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer (2017)*

music

videos

I’m in the midst of a home-focused phase (might be moving soon), so all of these are to do with houses and home setup. When I was in school, I wanted to be an interior designer, because I’ve always enjoyed being in and creating beautiful spaces. Since then my tastes have been honed towards natural, movement-friendly and minimalist environments. One day I hope to build my own mud house and live in it (mostly) furniture-free.

from the archive

In keeping with the theme of these videos, if you’re interested in living a more movement-friendly life, check out this post I wrote a few years ago:

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