“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. Think constantly on the changes of the elements into each other, for such thoughts wash away the dust of earthly life.” - Marcus Aurelius

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"You look lonely, I can fix that" we've all seen this scene. But the importance of it, the removal of the bandage symbolises the protective walls coming down, the revealing of the scars and the pain. Joe has lost Joi, he is not human because the memories were not his and so, he finally knows loss. And in this feeling, Joe becomes more than what he was made for.

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Columbus presents what it would feel like to represent one's own feelings and memories in a physical form, like a building. When we choose to go places that remind us of feelings or memories, we strive for something that has meaning only to us. We sit in it's awe, in it's silence and float in its substance. We take a breath, and we pause, soaking in the atmosphere, the sites, the sounds, and let the mind

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"To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream..."

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Vampires have always been a fascination of mine, but more so with their thoughts and feeling rather than the transformation or the blood lust.

Only Lovers Left Alive invokes the feeling of Interview With The Vampire, with much less about the sparkling and questionable love triangle (like Twilight), and more about the quintessential emphasis on how they simply live. The characters, Adam and Eve, show us through intellectual thoughts and feelings how less is more, how loss can

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In Blade Runner 2049, I have wondered why Joi is featured in the storyline, only for her to be killed later on. A theory can be that the inclusion of Joi with Joe explores the concept of love versus mortality. Even though Joe is not human, sometimes we forget this. This might be because love exists so strongly and constantly for humans because of the knowledge of inevitable death. The want to be loved is ever present and this is the same for Joe.

"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;

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In a world blended with the sweetness of sugar and the vulgarity of violence, Bella takes a bite of both and discovers what it means to live again free from the societal pressures in an uncanny steam punk Victorian setting. From the confines of the family setting where social structures can create human perceptions, to the impact of coming into contact with the real world. We follow Bella, a unique

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Time becomes non-linear, circular, like the retreat in Iceland. From Darby investigating the Silver Doe crimes in the past with Bill, and then investigating the murder of Bill in the hotel, it presents similar feelings of defeat, judgement, curiosity and more. The feelings circulate and are represented to show parallels between the past and

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