Reclaiming My Personality
Being more consistently myself starts with admitting the stories I'm fond of. Here are a handful of those.
It has taken me four fucking months to over-complicate this list before returning to sanity and publishing a simple collection of bullets.
I was seduced by the opportunity to string together more complex words and fabricate meaningful descriptions about the impact pieces of art have had on me. The truth is some of these works did change my outlook on life and others, I just like god damn it.
So, I’m just sharing the simple version! I’ll come back and add more pieces as I encounter them and perhaps even share how they changed me, that is, if and when that actually occurs.
Movies
The Before Sunrise Trilogy
Another Round
Vertigo
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
When Harry Met Sally
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Hotel Rwanda
The Shining
Sentimental Value
Television
Atlanta
Normal People
Fraiser
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
No Reservations
Chef’s Table
The Sopranos
Downton Abbey
I Love Lucy
Seinfeld
Yo Soy, Betty La Fea
Spongebob Squarepants
Books
Non-fiction
Man’s Search For Meaning
My Life in France
Daring Greatly
How to Do Nothing
Pascal’s Wager
Why Buddhism is True
A People’s History
A Long Loneliness
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Open Veins of Latin America (in-progress)
Fiction
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Dune Series 1-4, specifically Children of Dune
Parable of the Sower
Great Gatsby
Handmaiden’s Tale
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Watchmen
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Screwtape Letters
Nearly all Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie books
Art
Helen Frankenthaler, The Bay, 1963, acrylic on canvas
Wayfarer’s Chapel Lloyd Wright (Yes I’m also amused Frank Lloyd Wright’s son name is that)
Paintings by Serena Viola Corson
Other Internet Things
Yes Theory
Tweets from Visakan Veerasamy
Friendly Ambitious Nerd by Visakan Veerasamy
Excellent!