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March 2020

What Lockdown Taught Me About Silence in Music

Exploring the profound impact of global stillness on our perception of sound, frequency, and the spaces between notes.

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July 2021

The Architecture of Dreams: Analyzing Mulholland Drive

How David Lynch uses spatial logic and sonic landscapes to construct a narrative that functions like the human subconscious.

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November 2022

Why We Still Need Physical Books in a Digital Age

The tactile relationship between reader and object, and why the smell of paper is more than just nostalgia.

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January 2024

The Death of the Auteur?

In an era of franchise filmmaking and algorithmic curation, is there still room for a singular creative vision?

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