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June 2023

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June 2023

Friendship
Niloo Ravaei

Someone once told me that if you can stay friends with a person for 7 years, you’ll stay friends for life. That stuck with me. It was like a challenge, or a promise. Everytime I made a friend, I wondered, will we make it to 7 years? The closest I ever got was 5.

 

Everytime a friendship fell apart, it felt like a personal failure. Like if I was a good person, a “normal” person, I’d be able to keep a friend for 7 years. Like everyone else was out there galavanting with their platonic soulmates from junior kindergarten, and I’d somehow missed the boat. Like friendship was easy and natural, and I was somehow defective for not getting it.
 

It was only after I met my best friend, at the tender age of 27, that I realized friendship is actually really hard. And really, really rare.
 

What makes friendship scary is that there’s no guarantee. Gandalf will never emerge from the ether and bequeath you “Friends for Life”, no matter how many years you have under your belt. You are in constant flux, and so are they. You are always negotiating your new selves with each other, trying to make space for the new in the familiar.   
 

Sometimes you grow together and that’s beautiful. Sometimes you grow apart and that’s sad, but still kind of beautiful.
 

Friendship isn’t some arbitrary finish line. It’s you, and it’s them, and it’s now.

Fuck 7 years.

MUSIC
Sounds to Somewhere Else
Alison Beshai

“Music that mentally transports”

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Playground
Nidaa Elhassan

As a third culture kid I’ve grown up with my natural state being constantly moving. Between cultures, continents, media perspectives. The amalgamation of cultures and ideas you are exposed to inspire you, but to be constrained within only one is death. This playlist is eclectic, moving in different directions like my childhood with the common string being that they are soothing sounds. A backdrop for daydreaming.

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Nippon Tropical Grooves
Cheryl Wang

“Sound system vibrations from Japan islands, for a dreamy summer afternoon under the sun. J-reggae/rocksteady/dub from 80s to now.”

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No Boundaries Vol 1
Demetrius Beckham
Photo by Kevin Jackson

Summer never ends in Senegal

Join us for an action-packed week in Senegal’s capital city Dakar, and the beach getaway town, Saly. Follow @noboundaries.retreats and stay tuned for our next group trip announcement

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FILM
For the Crib
Directed by Lawrence Agyei

"For the Crib is a documentary film that provides an intimate look into the daily lives of members of the South Shore Drill Team, a Chicago-based performance group that specializes in dance and drill routines. The group's return to the Bud Billiken Parade in 2021 is a significant event, as the parade was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film offers a unique perspective on the challenges faced by the South Shore Drill Team as they prepare for the parade, including the physical demands of their routines, the emotional toll of the pandemic, and the importance of community support."

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CIRCLE
Directed by Philip Kaminiak

"An analogy between the modern human being, living in mass cities, and the phenomenon of the circle of death - observed in nature with ants who are separated from the main foraging party and lose the pheromone track. They begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle, commonly known as a "death spiral" because the ants might eventually die of exhaustion. Shot in Mexico City, this vibrant and impressive city is a protagonist, symbolizing a life in endless high speed movement and the humans who are dedicating their lives to endless movement, self-exhaustion in a modern capitalistic based world"

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PHOTO
Darin Combs

Darin Combs is a Fashion Industry Veteran who has over 20+ years in the business. In addition to having co-owned his own menswear store Armitage & McMillan, he has been a menswear buyer and a Sales Manager for The Brooklyn Circus and MOSCOT NYC. He is a street photographer who currently resides in Oklahoma City, OK

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