tiny newsletter #54: taking it easy

hi friends,

how are you? it's been a bit of a slow week on my end – i was supposed to go to florida to visit my grandparents, but caught a cold and stayed home. glad to be better now!

besides drinking endless mugs of chicken broth, this week, i...

📚 read pachinko by min jin lee. this book follows four generations of a korean family living in 20th c japan, enduring and thriving against most odds. it's an epic story full of love, sorrow, and sacrifice, and i couldn't put it down!! ty to fotn ha jin park for this grand slam rec.

🎧 listened to homesick by noah kahan. his music went viral on tiktok a few months ago, esp his single stick season, but i'm a bit more partial to this one and its cheeky lyrics. "i would leave if only i could find a reason / i'm mean because i grew up in new england."

📺 watched the worst person in the world. this movie centers on julie, a 29 yr old in oslo trying to figure out what she wants out of her career and relationships. honestly, relatable!! it was beautifully shot, and at the end i wanted to know what would happen to her next. 

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🎨 art annex 🎨 on wed, i went to see an exhibit on french cartoonist jean-jacques sempé, whose wide range of illustration work included over 100 covers for the new yorker (archive here!). i loved his gentle drawing style, thought you might too! 

💌 and that's the tiny letter! thank you for reading, xo aud