WORDS
On the Black Hill — Bruce Chatwin
Basquiat — Leonhard Emmerling (Taschen)
Think Like An Artist — Will Gompertz
The Leither Magazine
SOUNDS
Heroes — David Bowie
Luxa — Harold Budd
Nocturnes & Impromtus — Chopin (again!)
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft — Alles Ist Gut
Second Edition — Public Image Ltd
Soundtrack — Charles Lloyd
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — Tender Prey
FILM/TV
Cold War — Pawel Pawlikowski
Broken Flowers — Jim Jarmusch
Séraphine — Martin Provost
The Handmaid's Tale (Season Two)
Sensitive Skin (BBC Series Two)
LIKES
SFD & Colin Stetson at Summerhall
Patriothall Studios, Edinburgh
www.nowness.com
www.thevampireswife.com
Armchair Books, Edinburgh
THOUGHTS / QUOTATIONS
The thought of seeing Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up at the V&A next month
"Art = a mad search for individualism." — Paul Gauguin
"The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work." — Steve Jobs
ART
Rebecca Appleby at &Gallery Edinburgh
Gerard ter Borch A Singing Practice — Scottish National Gallery
Jean-Michel Basquiat — Untitled (Ter Borch)
Frank Auerbach — Head of E.O.W. IV — Scottish National Gallery