By: Gabriela Yareliz I saw this movie a while back around graduation time with Liz. My grandmother calls it the movie about the idiot (Ranbir Kapoor’s character) and the vagabond (Salman Khan’s character). I thought it was interesting. Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “White Nights.” A young man strikes up a friendship with a girl who isContinue reading “Saawariya”
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The Picture of Dorian Gray & Sensuality
By: Gabriela Gonzalez Why is it that things like pleasure, beauty and art end up leaving us empty and guilty? I found a fascinating book/play on the topic. It is a short play, a fictional conversation between Oscar Wilde, known for his if it feels good, do it philosophy; Blaise Pascal, the brilliant mathematician, andContinue reading “The Picture of Dorian Gray & Sensuality”
Smooth Sailing
“She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day.” ― Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway By: Gabriela Yareliz This book is probably the weirdest one that has madeContinue reading “Smooth Sailing”
Charles Dickens
By: Gabriela Yareliz Did anyone see the Google page today? Is that not the most fantastic thing you’ve ever seen? Happy 200th birthday Charles Dickens. Your stories with Pip, Estella, Scrooge, Oliver, and my personal favorite, Davy Copperfield, have inspired generations. They are stories about life, love, introspection and social change. I couldn’t let the day passContinue reading “Charles Dickens”
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