in brief, three things

that kept me afloat this week

Hello friends,
In brief this Friday I’m sharing three things that I have kept coming back to this week, which has been yet another bat shit crazy one in the wider world :

one ::
These words in Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

two ::
These words in Rebecca Solnit’s The Beginning Comes After the End

three ::
This conversation with Siri Hustvedt on sam baker’s ever brilliant podcast The Shift, especially her advice to younger women on not automatically believing something is your fault without evaluation of the situation at hand - the fact there is some arrogance in believing it is always your fault.

SIRI HUSTVEDT: 'I never wanted to shake off that man'

well okay then, four, because we need to laugh ::
Eleanor Anstruther shared this on Notes during the week and, even though I’ve watched it so many times already, it still made me laugh and laugh and cheer on Miss Aisling Bea again and again … ‘I’m still speaking’ !

Layla xx