Category: Culture
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Christopher Nolan: Time, Obsession, Synesthesia (maybe), and other topics
I used to write about bands, TV shows, characters, and so on. And now I’m surprised, because here I am, writing about a film director. I wasn’t counting on it to be Christopher Nolan – I even avoided considering him as my fave director since he’s so mainstream lol…
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The magic of rereading Lord of the Rings
Here is a history of my reading Lord of the Rings and an inventory of the new things I’ve been gleaning out of it. I came to read it first as a teenager and am now reading it as a graduate student, and my understanding of it has grown deeper like the rings of a…
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Reflections on Celebrimbor as a fallen artist
Celebrimbor stuck out to me as a character I heavily empathised with during the second season of Rings of Power, which surprised me because I was annoyed by him and his hubris during the first season.
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A reflection on watching Richard Strauss’ “Eine Alpensinfonie”
(originally posted in April 2020 and shared by the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra FB page) Going to see an orchestra play live has always excited me ever since I saw my first full orchestra in Armenia four years ago. This is because, despite hearing classical music since I was in my mother’s womb – my…