The final good Instagram account
It’s a fact universally acknowledged that social media is a Dangerous Vibe. Fortunately, there may be nonetheless one Instagram account price following that’s simply as incisive, humorous, and scathing at present as when it was based again in 2016: Each Outfit (@everyoutfitonsatc). Initially conceived as an homage to Intercourse and the Metropolis’s iconic trend, Each Outfit has since advanced right into a wider cultural critique and spawned a podcast of the identical identify that I like listening to whereas operating. Intercourse and the Metropolis could also be over, however Each Outfit is endlessly.
Wonderful Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon
Wonderful Exploits is a kind of uncommon books that handle to tug off being each laugh-out-loud humorous and deeply shifting, which isn’t any imply feat. Set in historical Sicily, it tells the story of unemployed potters Lampo and Gelon’s grand plan to stage the Greek tragedy Medea with a forged of defeated Athenian troopers who’ve been imprisoned in quarries on the outskirts of Syracuse. The traditional backdrop mixed with the characters’ modern Irish dialogue (the creator was born in Dublin) makes it in contrast to something I’ve ever learn earlier than; it’s so formidable it’s laborious to consider it’s Lennon’s debut novel. Fully engrossing.
Life drawing
The miserable wave of AI-generated artwork that’s flooded the web in recent times has impressed me to discover the precise reverse and make artwork the old school manner. My artwork instructor in school at all times stated one of the best ways to be taught the right proportions of the human physique was to attract it in individual, so I’ve began attending courses close to the place I dwell in London. Pencil and paper are usually my medium of selection. Spending just a few hours deciphering what’s in entrance of you in your individual inventive type is de facto rewarding—and has the added bonus of being fully screen-free. I can’t suggest it sufficient.
