I’m starting a Saturday morning post with things I have found interesting. Maybe you’ll find them interesting too!
Severance (not the TV series) is an intriguing novel by Ling Ma that follows Candace Chen through various stages of her life: post-apocalyptic survivor, Chinese orphan childhood, and Manhattan office drone. The Shen fever disrupts the world by transforming its carriers into slowly degrading automatons who repeat quotidian tasks like setting the table and sitting down to eat. Candace works in the Bible department of Spectra, a specially book production company, and maintains a photography side hustle on her blog called NY Ghost.
Night Traveler is a fairly new band out of Austin, TX that evokes an 80’s soundscape. Their sophomore album, Hotspot, is a great record for a roadtrip, background tunes while you work, or a good chill. It is reminiscent of The War on Drugs’ Lost in the Dream but has its distinct flavor.
Shawna Gilmore is an artist who ingeniously blends the ordinary with the surreal. Her works are highly imaginative, sometimes playful and other times profound. She has a unique technique where she layers a colorful dimension over an outline or ordinary dimension. I purchased the one below, “George’s Closets Were Full of Space.” A great IG follow.
