Down by the River

It had seemed as close as a star to the moon

Now it was again a green light on a dock

His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.

-The Great Gatsby

I spend a lot of time on this dock, yet somehow the enchantment never wears thin. -Bets.

Midnight Moonrise

This idea of romanticizing the past immediately reminded me of Midnight in Paris. The premise of this movie would essentially be my dream come true. Being transported to Paris in the 1920's would be quite a magical experience (biggest understatement EVER), as many of my favourite authors and artists were all creating masterpieces there at the same time. Unfortunately the film does remind you that everyone has these thoughts and wishes and no one is entirely content with the present.


"Nostalgia is denial - denial of the painful present... the name for this denial is golden age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in - its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present." -Paul


"That's what the present is. It's a little unsatisfying because life is unsatisfying." -Gil


Since time travel is likely impossible and obsessions aren't incredibly healthy I think I'll just keep appreciating past aesthetics from afar. Speaking of which, I'm currently counting down the days until Moonrise Kingdom hits the theatres. I almost wish I hadn't stumbled across the trailer because my excitement is already getting the best of me. Damn you Wes Anderson! Well I guess I'll go google image Royal Tenenbaums and Virgin Suicides now to get my fill of the seventies saturated film colouring that I love so dearly. I hope I last until May. -Bets.

lost generation.

I'm reading this book right now and wondering - will people ninety years from now look back and wish they'd lived today? Will wistful twenty year olds read books about the early 2000s and think they were born too late?

Sylvia Beach / Shakespeare & Company

Bets / 1920s party

Dev.