Hopeful things

La ridícula idea de no volver a verte

Rosa Montero · 2021

Winnie-the-Pooh and Other Delightful Stories (Painted Edition)

A. A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard · 2023

The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry

Maria Popova · 2024

“There is a crack in everything, that is how the light gets in.”

— Leonard Cohen

“We are vast creatures, so never reaching an end-point of success

must mean we are, at all times, shooting higher.” — Myself in a journal entry some months ago

“The practice is the point. You’re always growing and improving.”

— Also my maths tutor

“Perfection is the antithesis of progress.”

— Somebody in a TikTok comment section

“You are always closer to the solution than you think.”

— My maths tutor from two years ago

“Success is also very much in the eye of the observer.”

— Audrey Hepburn

“If shame and guilt really were a motivator, you would’ve changed

by now.” You might be convinced self-torture helps you improve, but it doesn’t.

“You’re a walking love letter! You inspire the people around you.”

— One of my friends, I can’t remember very well

“A dream that you don’t fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life.”

— Stanley Tucci

At least with gratitude, you’re a magnet for miracles

Preferred thanking while crying over complaining.

You may return to your heart without shame

You’ll lose yourself from time to time. It happens. Don’t feel so guilty so as to never allow yourself carefree happiness again.

how to add joy and whimsy into your life

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dear diary... the sun is in my blood again

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Soviet animation The Tree and the Cat + Eng subtitles

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson · 2009

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

WALL·E

Andrew Stanton · 2008

What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Beautiful Boy

Felix van Groeningen · 2018

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

The Wind Rises

Hayao Miyazaki · 2013

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 2012

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

Dead Poets Society

Peter Weir · 1989

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Easy Lovers

Song · Piero Piccioni

The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

Song · Gustav Holst, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Angels in the Architecture

Song · Frank Ticheli, Orit Amy Eylon, University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds, Ron Hufstader

Prelude

Song · Over the Garden Wall, The Blasting Company

Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l'océan

Song · Maurice Ravel, André Laplante

Dearly Beloved (From "Kingdom Hearts")

Song · Harpsona

Moonlight Densetsu (From "Sailor Moon") [Instrumental]

Song · Harpsona

La petite fille de la mer - Remastered

Song · Vangelis

Romancing

Song · Nonemis

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Song · Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum, Everton Nelson

Say Yes To Heaven

Song · Lana Del Rey

Winter Bear

Song · V

The Pool

Song · Stephen Sanchez

Send My Heart With A Kiss

Song · Stephen Sanchez

Achilles Come Down

Song · Gang of Youths

Slow Down

Song · Laufey

Serendipity

Song · Laufey

Sunrise, Sunset - From the Broadway Musical, "Fiddler on the Roof"

Song · Perry Como

The World We Knew

Album · Frank Sinatra

Piano Man

Song · Billy Joel

Vienna

Song · Billy Joel

Forever Young

Song · Alphaville

Let The Light In (feat. Father John Misty)

Song · Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty

Another Believer

Song · Rufus Wainwright

Patient Is the Night (feat. Chris Isaak)

Song · Over the Garden Wall, The Blasting Company, Chris Isaak

Turnaround Reprise

Song · Hans Zimmer, Camille

Letter To My 13 Year Old Self

Song · Laufey

Te Juro Que Te Amo

Song · Los Terricolas

Better Views

Song · Yellow House

Until (Arr. for Voice, Flute, Clarinet & Viola by Anna Magdalena Siakala)

Song · Sting, Mister Montelli