The final good Instagram account
It’s a reality 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 right now as when it was based again in 2016: Each Outfit (@everyoutfitonsatc). Initially conceived as an homage to Intercourse and the Metropolis’s iconic vogue, 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 working. Intercourse and the Metropolis could also be over, however Each Outfit is ceaselessly.
Superb Exploits, by Ferdia Lennon
Superb Exploits is a kind of uncommon books that handle to drag off being each laugh-out-loud humorous and deeply transferring, which isn’t any imply feat. Set in historic Sicily, it tells the story of unemployed potters Lampo and Gelon’s grand plan to stage the Greek tragedy Medea with a solid 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 writer 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 lately has impressed me to discover the precise reverse and make artwork the old school manner. My artwork instructor in school all the time stated one of the simplest ways to study the right proportions of the human physique was to attract it in individual, so I’ve began attending courses close to the place I stay in London. Pencil and paper are usually my medium of alternative. Spending a number of hours deciphering what’s in entrance of you in your personal inventive model is admittedly rewarding—and has the added bonus of being fully screen-free. I can’t suggest it sufficient.
