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• CRTD #4: dreams in art

  Dec 01 ⎯ My #1 this week is Train dreams As a massive Terrence Malick fan that I am, I was super excited for this movie after watching the trailer and reading early reviews. Turns out, I wasn’t disappointed. Sure, this movie doesn’t get to the Malick level and instead of trying to, gets inspired a lot by his work; but besides the comparison, it manages to tell a super tender and yet tragic story that hasn’t left my mind for the past week. The only downside is the voice over, which serves no purpose and sometimes it’s even a bit redundant. Having a Vodka Cranberry in #2 This is not the first time I listed to Conan Gray’s music, but this is the first year I pay more attention to his music and this song just keeps growing on me. Conan is still overlooked by the mainstream and the awards, but his art is so deeply personal and careful that regardless of that, his talent is recognized by many even if it hits you like a train full of feelings. Is the internet really dead? That’s #3 Christopher makes arguably my favorite video essays now, and this one is yet another smash. I hate the way the internet has become a whole ad space, and how much AI is making it even less compelling for humanity. But regardless, this video was super interesting and exposes some really interesting data. This made me think about writing regarding this topic in a more in depth essay and specially how I went from being someone who did a lot online and now is just a passive user who is trying to get back to it in a shape that makes sense now. We’ll see. Note: rock is alive with Jack White made me believe that we can get some rock acts headlining the Super Bowl in the next years. He’s just SO COOL!

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• CRTD #3: ghosts

  Nov 22 ⎯ This week’s been all about surviving whilst being exposed to existentialism, but bare with me because I’ve found entertainment in the content I’ve consumed. Linghun by Ai Jiang was my #1 This is a short book that I would recommend to anyone who isn’t afraid to delve into thinking about death. It deals with the concept of still being able to see your loved ones even after they’ve passed away if you manage to live inside a community that has some sort of power that allows for such dynamics. And yes, it’s dark, but it’s incredibly human and made me see death withing a realm that, in our day to day lives, is easy to forget about since it requires more reason than emotion. #2 goes to IT: Welcome to Derry Don’t ask me about how faithful this adaptation is because I haven’t read the books, but I am thoroughly enjoying this series. I loved the most recent IT movies and so that’s why I was excited to watch this prequel to the clown I’ve seen the most of in life, probably. Currently the series has a lot of subplots that have made it interesting as an expansion to the universe, but it’s taken a bit more for my taste to show us Pennywise, not to mention that the CGI has been a bit… to much. I get it, having technology that allows them to show in such detail the things they’ve shown is cool, but I do agree with a common commentary I’ve seen online about preferring a more practical effects approach to these scenes that relies more on different storytelling devices to produce fear than just go for the shock value. But the most interesting thing for me watching this series has been the themes of death and seeing things that terrify you, almost as if everything was a ghost in a way. I can’t wait to see where this leads to, prior to the movies, and in the meantime this is one of my favorite things to do before going to bed every Sunday. Finally, the queen Alessia Cara takes spot #3 with her latest album, Love & Hyperbole Alessia is one of my favorite artists since 2016 because of a Sam Kolder video (oh the good old travel YouTube videos) that featured one of her songs. Since then I’ve been following her career not as closely as I've done with other artists, but enough to see her growth as one and also how faithful she is to her craft. I heard Love & Hyperbole earlier this year and found it to be a deeper album than I was expecting, and though this is not dealing with death as the other two, it is dealing with lots of love and self-discovery themes that relate to life, and there’s no death without it. Alessia is a Grammy winner, she’s know by many, and yet I still think she’s underrated. Notes: No Instagram yet, but I am close. I spent a ridiculous amount of time dealing with technical issues for what I want to do, until I realized it’s easier to do it the manual way. So that’s coming this week. No embeds because they don’t look good in emails. Plain old links it is.

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• CRTD #2: it's all our fault

  Nov 17 ⎯ I didn’t want to make a proper introduction on CRTD #1 but it’s due now. My name is Sebastián, I studied Audiovisual and Multimedia Communication with emphasis in Filmmaking. I don’t pretend to do full in-deep reviews here (or maybe at some point I will) but rather show my curated media consumption to share what I like and find a way to talk about it more, just like I tell my friends, no extra bells. Welcome to the second edition. All Her Fault was my #1 this week <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J9y_QvRwu64?si=KJjNNX2sK_XJjhvY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> As soon as I watched the trailer for this series I knew I was going to watch it because it has crime and mystery. Besides the great cast, this story had me hooked since the beginning and even though some subplots didn’t have the most believable conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it and it kept me hooked throughout the entire eight episodes. The performances are top notch, and overall it doesn’t feel like a series that drags endlessly the plot just for the sake of drama. I especially loved episode 6, with how they played with the time. Two songs ruled my #2 <iframe allow="autoplay ; encrypted-media ;" frameborder="0" height="150" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/co/album/when-it-ends/1834333194?i=1834333198"></iframe> I think I came across this song on Instagram and it’s been stuck in my mind. I love the theme it depicts and the structure of the song is pretty grandiose without feeling overdone. <iframe allow="autoplay ; encrypted-media ;" frameborder="0" height="150" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/co/album/p-y-palace/1846342052?i=1846342309"></iframe> By this point this album has been highly discussed but this particular song is a standout for me, not for the title but for how catchy it is. #3 is still in process This was supposed to have my full comments on Linghun by Ai Jiang but #1 took most of my free time this week and life happens. It’s all my fault. But next week this should be done. I am loving it though, maybe it’s just that I don’t want the book to end or am afraid for the ending. We’ll see. Note: Thank you to the Fika blog for featuring my first entry. Gotta say the challenge has been a great way to make me accountable for starting this and committing to a weekly post. Need to set the Instagram account next.

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• CRTD #1: Finding heaven and hell on earth

  Nov 09 ⎯ With CRTD I am aiming to show my curated media consumption to share what I like and find a way to talk about it more. LUX is #1 <iframe allow="autoplay ; encrypted-media ;" frameborder="0" height="450" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/co/album/lux/1848167516?l=en-GB"> </iframe> LUX by ROSALÍA is my probably not my favorite album of the year but it is the best album of the year for me. I’ve been more of a casual ROSALÍA fan and listener, but this album has cemented my like for her artistry. She presents diversity, lyricism depth, and with this album a masterful level of dedication to give us a grandiosity that it’s not easy to be able to listen and then connect with. It’s like being in some sort of heaven, even if you don’t believe in it. #2 is Bugonia <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bd_5HcTujfc?si=xgmZG9iawZTYLXvQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> Although The Favourite wasn’t a movie I particularly liked, Yorgos Lanthimos has become one of the directors that I pay attention to more and more, and both Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness were extremely enjoyable and educational in filmmaking terms. So I of course was super excited about Bugonia and… it’s not my favorite, but I found it to be a pretty deep and yet funny approach to very sensitive issues nowadays. I loved the depiction of insanity that every day seems more plausible among our society, and then the corporate greed that we simply can’t escape. And although the movie drags a bit in some moments, not to mention the ending was a bit forced for me, I haven’t been able to take the movie out of my head because I overall genuinely liked it. This was hell on earth. Bonus (so, #3?) <iframe allow="autoplay ; encrypted-media ;" frameborder="0" height="450" style="width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" src="https://embed.music.apple.com/co/album/chasing-the-chimera/1835943413"></iframe> Del Water Gap has turned into one of my favorite musicians since two years ago, and his latest album is probably my favorite of his so far. It sounds more grown up, with themes that explore existentialism and love in a way that doesn’t sound pretentious nor forced. It sounds like a movie, in the best possible way. How To Live is in my constant rotation, and it just resonates with me so much not because it’s about what’s happened in my life exactly, but because it feels for the most part what I’ve felt lately towards life. Actually, this is life on earth. Note I am currently reading Linghun by Ai Jiang and though I can’t review it yet, I am terrified and fascinated, and I love that.

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