Three Things That Inspired Me This Week
Inspiration comes from many sources. This week as the seasons turn and we reach the Autumn Equinox there has been a spectacular full moon, the sounds of birds grouping up and preparing to fly South for the Winter and the hustle of farm activity as fields are cut and re-seeded and hay is baled and brought inside. All of this change is inspirational and makes us look at the world differently.
Here are three things outside of nature that Inspired me this week;
BOOK
ROUGE - by Mona Awad is fantastical, cutting and hilarious. Awad takes apart society’s obsession with beauty expectations, the power of a certain type of beauty and the beauty industry in a magical book. Her prose is electrifying and her ability to take a theme and riff it into a symphonic scene is breathtaking.
See Mona Awad discuss Rouge with Barnes & Nobles’ Catriona Ward here: Mona Awad - Poured Over
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PODCAST
SHEDUNNIT is an in-depth look at classic detective stories written and hosted by the incredible Caroline Crampton. Here’s the thing: I am not a fan of the books but I love Crampton’s depth of knowledge, enthusiasm and hosting style. She is able to draw together strands from so many sources to help us understand the genre and each book she discusses. Check it out here Shedunnit
STREAMING
IN VOGUE - THE 90s on Disney Plus takes us back to the decade of supermodels, the explosion of fashion as lifestyle and, of course, the arrival on the legendary Anna Wintour as Vogue US. Instead of people you’ve never heard of discussing things second hand In Vogue gives us actual Marc Jacobs, actual Naomi Campbell, actual Tom Ford and of course actual Anna Wintour - who in one scene is politely asked by a rather posh British production assistant if she would be so kind as to remove her sunglasses. “No” comes the instant response. Iconic.
Check out the trailer here: In Vogue - The '90s
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