A Syrian Encampment (1906), by John Singer Sargent

Nude (1929), by Zinaida Serebriakova

Camille (1867), by Claude Monet

Stories are like gardens that are nurtured — twisting along unanticipated paths, as they reveal themselves to even the authors. If you relinquish all choices too early, give them up in the name of efficiency, fully formed from the outset — you lose something. Wander curiously.

#ExitMusic #MusicChallenge 7: Vashti Bunyan - Here (2014) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENT... One of Vashti’s most haunting songs. The brief coda is very simple, with the magical sound of a dulcitone - an instrument rarely played because its dynamic range is so limited. Which makes it perfect here!

#100Years100FaveFilms #Filmsky Day 93: Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, 2017) www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNpd... The most moving first contact film I’ve ever seen - a deceptively simple but deeply layered story that haunts you afterwards, with a central performance by Amy Adams of wonderful interiority.

[Exit Bigot.]

Portillon donnant sur le potager de Marquayrol, vu du potager, by Henri Martin

New York (1948), by Elliott Erwitt

The Red Vine, Matinicus Island, Maine (1916), by George Bellows

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1814

Quote with a gif of a powerful woman. How about two powerful women? 😊

#ExitMusic #MusicChallenge Day 6: Brahms - Symphony No 4 in E minor (I: Allegro non troppo) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ah_... The whole movement’s build-up is tremendous, but the final extended climax (9:45 onwards) is quite shattering. When Brahms really lets go he reaches sublime heights.

#100Years100FaveFilms #Filmsky Day 92: The Red Turtle (Michaël Dudok de Wit, 2016) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuVU... Co-produced by Studio Ghibli, & reminiscent in spirit but visually quite different. No dialogue, just lovely animation & a simple story that’s mysterious & deeply affecting. Sublime!

“Well, that’s a design flaw.” 😂 #StarfleetAcademy #StarTrek

A lovely piece about what our view of the stars means to us as human beings - and what it means to lose them (via @nature.com briefing) www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Flotsam and Jetsam (ca 1908), by John Singer Sargent

Bleaching Linen (1917), by Zinaida Serebriakova

The church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice (1908), by Claude Monet

#MusicChallenge Day 5: David Bowie - Station to Station (1976) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpIh... The whole final section of this song (beginning “once there were mountains…) counts as #ExitMusic to me. It’s thrilling!

If a cat starts to purr you only have ten seconds to throw it before it explodes.

I got into the countryside today, for the first time this year. 🌷☀️🐑

#100Years100FaveFilms #Filmsky Day 91: My Life as a Courgette (Claude Barras, 2016) www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Q-... Extremely touching, gently funny French stop-motion animation about kids in a children’s home, co-written by the great director Céline Sciamma. This clip is from the dubbed version.

Just look at her! ❤️ #StarfleetAcademy

Been feeling this so much lately. I had my difficulties then, we all did, but it was decade of youth and relative wellness and feeling safe. At least the world felt reasonably sane.

Frame of the Day

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1807

I’m going to miss posting my #100Years100FaveFilms once I’ve reached the end. But there are a few that I left off, or that I haven’t seen & fallen in love with yet, so I’m planning to add to the list every so often. So it will get a second life! 🎥 🎞️ ✨

La porte d'entrée, by Henri Martin

Marilyn Monroe, Reno, Nevada (1960), by Elliott Erwitt

Village on the Hill (1916), by George Bellows

Fuck Harry Potter. Go watch #StarfleetAcademy instead.

Trans rights are human rights. This isn't a tough one.

#ExitMusic #MusicChallenge Day 4: Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat major www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QFD... The end of my favourite Beethoven sonata. The second fugue theme, after the return of the heartbreaking adagio, is an inversion of the first, & it feels like a life-saving miracle. 🎹🎶✨

#100Years100FaveFilms #Filmsky Day 90: Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014) www.youtube.com/watch?v=onVh... It attempts to express an immensity beyond comprehension, yet its core is the most intimate thing of all, the love between a father & child. All criticism falls silent. It’s awe-inspiring.

Name a movie filmed in black and white after 1970 The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)

“The film is the talking” has become my frequent mantra for basically all art.

In honor of Black Women's History Month post a Black woman you love.

In the Simplon Valley (ca 1911), by John Singer Sargent

Self Portrait, by Zinaida Serebriakova

Landscape in Île Saint-Martin (1881), by Claude Monet. This is a true timeline cleanse. Just look at it for a few moments! I feel so many of us need this beauty right now.

How did this fan of Juliette Binoche & Ralph Fiennes only very recently discover that they reunited for a film of the Ithaca sections of The Odyssey? I’d like to see it for the acting alone - but I’m not good with gore, & I expect the final massacre might be brutal. 🫣 #Filmsky #Moviesky

#MusicChallenge Day 3: Laurie Anderson - O Superman (For Massenet) (1981) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfp... You’ll know the #ExitMusic when you hear it! Here come the planes… They’re American planes… And when love is gone There’s always justice And when justice is gone There’s always force 😢

#100Years100FaveFilms #Filmsky Day 89: Mr Turner (Mike Leigh, 2014) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il83... Amazing performance by Tim Spall in a film with a perfect sense of the period & amazing cinematic (painterly!) images, but not at the expense of character. Plus, Lesley Manville is always a treat!

I cannot overstate how much I LOVE THAT STARFLEET ACADEMY IS MAKING THE CASE FOR LITERATURE AS FUNDAMENTAL

Prove this place is good for culture and post a good book cover. @adapalmer.bsky.social

View of a Farm with a Dovecote, by Henri Martin