— come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what. (bazougey by mary oliver)

a list of media and concepts I like that are mori kei adjacent, except the link is more tenuous further down this list

• deep ecology
• black forest cuckoo clocks
• fair isle knitting pattern
• mary oliver’s poetry
• victorian floriography as a lost language of symbolisms
• the antique pattern library +
• chamber pop
• the virtual exhibition human-nature relations in german literature: a curated stroll through a history of entanglement +
• 20,000 species of bees (2023, dir. estibaliz urresola solaguren)

to look into & take note if they’re ever screened here

cannes

• we are aliens (dir. kohei kadowaki)

cph:dox

• like any other mortal (dir. mariá molina peiró)
• the mother age (dir. irene kalterborn)

berlinale

• chronicles from the siege (dir. abdallah al-khatib)
• dao (dir. alain gomis)
• light pillar (dir. xu zao)
• we are all strangers (dir. anthony chen)
  • premiering 20 aug! watch rest of trilogy first

• art pop
• botanica
• chamber pop
• electropop
• folktronica
• impressionist classical music
• jazz fusion
• math rock
• progressive rock
• psychedelic folk
• shimokita-kei
• shoegaze

— i. films

• rarefilmm: vintage and rare films
• cinema of the world
• film grab: film stills compilation
• palestine cinema archive
• solidarity cinema
  • letterboxd catalog
• asian film files

— ii. poetry

• poetry.sg: singaporean poetry
• poetry foundation

ꕤ partial paywall ౷ fully paywalled

— uncategorised

• aeon +
• inference review +

— i. politics & history

• baltic worlds +
• council on foreign relations +
• equator magazine +
• europe now +
• foreign policy ౷
• new lines magazine +
• the funambulist ꕤ

— ii. literature

• arablit & arablit quarterly +
• bruiser magazine +

— iii. social justice

• lux magazine: socialist feminism +
• open democracy +

• a full set of fabric print decorative stickers
• $3 in coins
• a single chopstick (mixed together with pens)
• keyboard cover
• unexpired packet of parmesan brought back from seoul

— january.

— february.

• nomadland (2020, dir. chloe zhao) - 3.5/5

— april.

• blue heron (2025, dir. sophy romvari) - 4/5 ★
• the fellow who rejected college (1979, dir. hsu chin-liang) - 3/5
• parasite (2019, dir. bong joon-ho) - 5/5

— may.

• 20,000 species of bees (2023, dir. estibaliz urresola solaguren) - 4/5

— june.

• dear you (2026, dir. lan hongchun) - 2.5/5

— july.

• elevator to the gallows (1958, dir. louis malle) - 3.25/5

• abeyance: a state of temporary disuse or suspension
• apodictic: clearly established or beyond dispute, denoting reasoning from self-evidently true propositions
• apotheosis: a culmination, or the elevation to divine status
• aspersion: a criticism, suggestion, or remark that damages another person's reputation
• bucolic: pastoral
• calefaction: the act of heating
• cognoscente: a person who has expert knowledge in a subject
• controvert: to deny the truth of
• coterie: a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people
• exchequer: a royal or national treasury
• filipendulous: suspended by or strung upon a thread
• fulsomely: in a way that expresses a lot of admiration or praise for someone, often too much...

miscellaneous

• jalan jalan japan painted japanese plates & bowls
• arcopal cornflower blue & white plates at a flea market in kl, identical replacement for house plates
• unused sumikkogurashi mattress protector

clothes

• authentic vyshyvanka from ukraine

• for hazy summer days
• for train rides, or points of transition
• for plane rides
• french cottagecore, or a space to collect chanson
• kopitiam radio (chinese language inc. dialects)
• romanticising the rain
• a museum of noise (math rock compilation)

useful websites

• black market playlists: independently curated playlists for underground artists
• radio garden

youtube channels for discovery

• yкраїнська естрада: retro ukrainian music 𝄞
• poclanos: korean indie distributor 𝄞
• should be asleep: japanese ambient & instrumentals 𝄞
• aranjuez records: jazz 𝄞
• pingu87: rare japanese music 𝄞
• habibi funk records: north african and west asian music 𝄞
• simon b: rare cd recordings 𝄞

historical databases

• internet archive live music recordings
• smithsonian folkways

albums

or: songs at the end of a dream ☁︎‎‎₊°

• abyss angel - glass beach • plastic death
• at peace in the hundred acre wood - ratboys • singin’ to an empty chair
• everything to me - porter robinson • smile
• helium - glass animals • dreamland
• kan het leven vandaag beginnen - s10 • mijn haren ruiken naar vuur
• the end - ninush • the flowers i see you in