We read all these stories about karmic relationships, soul mates, finding the one, being yourself, loving who you are etc etc. Life seems like a rush for what’s right, under the dictatorial radar of what columns on sex and relationships say things should be like. I digress. For half my life, I questioned what I’m […]
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I learned that you should love people when they least deserve it, ’cause that’s when they need it the most. I learned that letting go can be a painful, torturous process and regardless of what comes in between you will not fully recover or come to terms with the past until you yourself take that […]
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1. Your mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid, via Banksy If you’re working in the creative industry you know for sure this is true. You also know it’s true when you’re sipping caffeine at 6 AM before that huge exam or scribbling at your cover letter after two weeks of procrastination. Panic […]
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It was 1995 when singer-songwriters Nick Cave and PJ Harvey met to film the video for best selling single, Henry Lee. Their encounter was brief and they mutually admitted to love at first sight before shooting. 20 years later, journalist Mandy Len Catron made it viral in The New York Times with her Fall in […]
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When Polly Jean Harvey walks up in front of thousands, she leads her band in a marching parade throughout the stage, leading a spectacular tour de force with her saxophone and her bewildering attire of dark green feathers and leather. Seeing this woman stand 5 feet tall on stage above you in the grandiose setup at […]
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Last year, a fire breakout in a music club killed 54 young people in Bucharest. I knew some of them personally, and some others by Facebook friendships. Their deaths not only left an open wound in the physical lives of us, the remaining ones alive, but were also marked online, as the dreadful memory of […]
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Calvin Klein’s latest Get Together campaign triggered some deep emotional response in me. As I watched all those couples enjoy time together, sunbathe together or rejoice in the beauty of life, I remembered something important: My first love was a boy from school. Very original, no? We ended up together in a time and age […]
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Ioana Cristina casapu is the Managing Director of Berlin Art Parasites. Journalist, creative director and fashion photographer. She began experimenting with Polaroid film in 2013. Her work was featured in Cake Magazine (UK), Confashion (PL), JUTE (US), Polaroid of the Day (ES), Feature Shoot, Cultartes and others. She is the co-owner of Retro Future media […]
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“My name is Lang Leav. I am the author of the international best-selling books: Love & Misadventure, Lullabies and Memories. I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand where my parents were seeking refuge from the Khmer Rouge regime. We emigrated to Australia where I grew up in the low socio economic town of Cabramatta as a second generation migrant. […]
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