“Tell me if you want to see/ A world outside your window/ A world outside your window isn’t free/ And tell me if you want to catch that feeling of redemption/ That feeling of redemption doesn’t do much for me.” – Tanita Tikaram As a teen, I spent many hours standing in long lines at […]
“I don’t know why, but I had to start it somewhere.” – Pulp – He was leaning against the wall smoking. One leg was bent with his foot pressed against the wall, as if he wanted to make himself smaller or invisible, pushing his body into the wall. He held the cigarette like a pen, […]
“Take me to the magic of the moment / On a glory night / Where the children of tomorrow dream away” – Dire Straits – Cecilia stood in front of the mirror with her green eyes wide open. Conscious of her breath, she inhaled and exhaled, as she did in her yoga class. “Can you […]
Do you believe that there’s someone up above? And does he have a timetable directing acts of love? Across the dining room table, she clutched her phone while he flipped through a stack of old photographs. “Look at this one. I was only five when it was taken and I remember that day perfectly.” Andy […]