Book
Memories of an Amnesiac by Oscar Levant
I only read this book because I had previously read the autobiographies of Groucho and Harpo Marx and they had some interesting things to say about this fellow.
It’s such a captivating and emotional book. It’s not written the traditional sense of an autobiography and may come off as ramblings and rantings of a musical genius. This book is all about the life of a man grappling with complexities of fame, mental health, and self-awareness, that terrify him but keeps moving forward. He’s scared but he doesn’t stop.
This book should be essential reading for anyone dealing with depression and anxiety.
Through sharp, self-deprecating humor and such graceful introspection, Levant delves into the paradoxes of his existence, where his moments of radiance are frequently overshadowed by his inner demons. This book is the definitive “tortured artist” autobiography.
Song
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
This is the song that lingers like a warm dream, a delicate whisper and embrace that stretches across time and space. Hope Sandoval perfected the art of haunting beauty, emotions that crawl out from the deep dark and swallows you in its melody with such seductive melancholy, as though it’s drawing you into a world where everything is just out of reach.
Every muted guitar strum is a pulse that evokes emotions, makes you yearn to be absorbed. The song pulses with a certain wistfulness, a yearning that’s almost impossible to capture yet you want to, yet you keep trying to.
The other major thing about the song is a quiet surrender to the feeling of being absorbed by another person’s presence, like you’re losing yourself into someone else, dissolving and become one with that person. That passionate and radiant love sounds intoxicating when
Hope sings about it.
On a personal note, Miley Cyrus did a damn good cover of the song.
Movie
Dream for an insomniac
Hardly anyone I know has ever even heard of this movie and that makes it even more precious to me.
This movie has a lot of dialogue; every scene is rife with verbose commentary and none of the narratives overlap.
It’s cute, it’s fun and it’s like a tender love you read again and again, even when you’ve memorized not just the words but how every single letter is scrawled out on the paper.
Ione Skye has that perfect, perfect restless energy that makes me fall madly in love with her every time I watch the movie.
By no means it’s a great movie or even a good movie. It’s a testament to silliness and cuteness of movie making and moving emotions.
It is a staple 90s movie. So much cliché and coffee culture, but I love it. still wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.
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