a quiet place / somewhere online

things I keep returning to

not a ranked list. not recommendations exactly. more like a record of what has stayed with me.

books

The Rings of Saturn — W.G. Sebald
a long walk through memory and grief and coastal England. one of the most important things I've read.
A Field Guide to Getting Lost — Rebecca Solnit
about wandering, about not knowing, about the colour blue.
Housekeeping — Marilynne Robinson
the quietest novel. it does something to you slowly.
The Remains of the Day — Kazuo Ishiguro
about looking back. about all the things said in the gaps.
Convenience Store Woman — Sayaka Murata
small and strange and oddly comforting.

Grouper — Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
for late nights when you need something to dissolve into.
Bon Iver — For Emma, Forever Ago
made in isolation. sounds like it.
Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
not easy to listen to. worth listening to.
Low — Things We Lost in the Fire
slow and beautiful and difficult to describe.
Cocteau Twins — anything
sounds like a colour that doesn't have a name.

Paterson (2016) — Jim Jarmusch
a bus driver writes poems. a week passes. that's all. I love it.
Lost in Translation (2003) — Sofia Coppola
about being somewhere unfamiliar, and finding someone briefly.
Yi Yi (2000) — Edward Yang
three hours long. it earns every minute. about life, simply.
The Remains of the Day (1993)
both the book and the film. restraint as a kind of tragedy.
Certain Women (2016) — Kelly Reichardt
quiet, slow, exact. the loneliness is in the landscape.

sites that feel like people made them.