Perfect Days: Wim Wenders's Cinematic Masterpiece of Quiet Living
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Wim Wenders's latest film is a story of being at peace with one's existence and finding beauty in ordinary moments.
Meri Utkovska
- Apr 29
- 5 min
Three Poems and Three Books by Jane Hirshfield
Three poems and three books by poet, writer, and translator Jane Hirshfield, and a weekly music recommendation.
Meri Utkovska
- Apr 8
- 2 min
HER KIND by Anne Sexton
"I have gone out, a possessed witch,
haunting the black air, braver at night; "
Meri Utkovska
- Mar 7
- 15 min
Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Visceral Change to the Art World
One cannot enter Basquiat's world without realizing the contrasts of universal existence - the single line with a south and a north.
Meri Utkovska
- Feb 16
- 5 min
MEDITATIONS IN AN EMERGENCY by Frank O'Hara
Meditations in an Emergency - a poem by American writer, poet, art critic, and curator at the Museum of Modern Art Frank O'Hara.
Meri Utkovska
- Feb 15
- 5 min
James Baldwin: 10 Quotes on Life, Love, and the Human Condition
10 Quotes on Life, Love, and the Human Condition by civil rights activist, essayist, novelist and poet James Baldwin.
Meri Utkovska
- Feb 9
- 6 min
COAL by Audre Lorde
About Audre Lorde - American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil rights activist - and her poem COAL.
Meri Utkovska
- Feb 8
- 8 min
Dickens’s Great Expectations and the Intensity of True Love
An excerpt from Charles Dickens's Great Expectations as a picturesque description of the actuality of true love.
Meri Utkovska
- Feb 1
- 7 min
Langston Hughes: Red Roses and The Meaning of Being Free
Langston Hughes's life, influences, writing, expression and his poem Red Roses.
Meri Utkovska
- Jan 27
- 7 min
Virginia Woolf: The Waves and their Beautiful Inner Worlds
An excerpt from Virginia Woolf's beautifully written novel "The Waves", along with a synopsis of her life, writing style, and influences.
Meri Utkovska
- Jan 10
- 7 min
BEFORE I GOT MY EYE PUT OUT by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson, one of America's most important poets was a fervent rebel uncommon for her time.
Meri Utkovska
- Jan 3
- 4 min
The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien’s Ageless Story of Hope
J.R.R. Tolkien's stories, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, his creative works, life and interests.
Meri Utkovska
- Dec 8, 2023
- 2 min
RAINFALL AND THE EARTH’S MOUTH - The Letters Series
Outside, rain falls from the empty hands of the spheres and into the Earth's wide open, blue mouth.
Meri Utkovska
- Sep 4, 2023
- 14 min
VOICE OF FREEDOM: On Patti Smith and How Being an Artist Means Being Human First
"On a summer afternoon, somewhere on the edge of a town’s cape, the sky darkened and it seemed like someone had taken a shade of grey,"
Meri Utkovska
- Aug 30, 2023
- 2 min
The Whim of Morning - Eighth Letter
As a flower blooming gently, yet, with great conviction under its own breath, so the eyes open to the whim of morning.
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