Tag: books
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Musings on paintings: Edward Hopper and Urban Loneliness
Subdued colour palettes, and undefined horizon lines. With New York City as a backdrop, the 20th century American realist painter Edward Hopper depicts urban loneliness like none other. Capturing the feelings of loneliness when amidst a crowd, the feelings of disconnect and alienation when among one’s kins, and of the sense of belonging and not…
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A book reflection: On the darker side of womanhood – The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir
Set in mid-century Paris, Simone de Beauvoir beautifully and empathetically tells the story of three Parisienne women past the first blossoms of youth, each facing her own crisis in life. With unflinching honesty de Beauvoir dissects the experience of the female existence through a uniquely female lens, whilst meditating on the meaninglessness of life, existentialism,…
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