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chibivesicle · 4 years

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Golden Kamuy chapters 231 & 232.

Hey all, here is my belated and likely as little bit shorter than normal summary. I’m taking the weekend off from dealing with work related stuff but I’m still off dealing with the constantly changing situation here. We start off with Inkarmat about to give birth with the assistance of Osoma’s mother and huci. I wondered why Osoma’s mom doesn’t have a name but if I recall all of the Ainu names in the manga have to not belong to a living person (I think from an interview with Noda) to be respectful, so I’m guessing it is trickier than normal to keep coming up with appropriate and proper names for the Ainu characters. This might be a good work around for the time being for Noda.

And the title page for the chapere tells us that is is birth and that Huci is the most seasoned midwife possible and that she was also Asirpa’s midwife. The title page also has the quote that “Purpose is handed down from heaven.” sticking with the central theme of the manga included in each volume of the manga.

The title page also makes it almost look like Huci is blessing someone perhaps linked to Asirpa. Tanigaki then being the dude that he is decides to leave Inkarmat in their hands as he uses this as an excuse to slip away and find Tsukishima.

In a way this is both in and out of character for him. It is in character for him to run away from emotional moments and duties but it is out of character for him to steal Sugimoto’s tagline that he’s immortal.

Inkarmat is clearly the smarter of the couple, he first off tells him to NOT fight or attempt to fight Tsukishima and then she flat out calls his bluff telling him that he’s not immortal and that he should run away by himself. She likely observed Tsukishima enough during her time at the hospital that she knew he wouldn’t give up and that if they want to be safe Tanigaki should draw him away.

It really doesn’t matter as soon as he leaves the house, he gets his ass handed to him by Tsukishima. He’s pushed back into the house and Tsukishima approaches everyone. Tanigaki again repeats similar actions in regards to what happened to him with Ogata as he sees it to be his job to protect who ever is there e.g. Huci and Osoma, now Huci, Osoma’s mom, Inkarmat. . . .

Tanigaki perplexes me - he’s one of the cast members who is more than willing to throw himself in the line of fire to protect women and children, but he’s also the most likely to run from his responsibilities. Why is he a hypocrite? There must be something more to this . . . I’m just still not sure what it is.

Tsukishima simply and in a deadpan fashion tells him that he’s been making the “wrong” choice for a long time now.

He distances himself from Huci and Inkarmat by referring to them as “this woman” and “that old lady” and that it is because of their influence over him he did not come back to the 27th. This makes a lot of sense from Tsukishima to be so weird about things. He has no fiancee to return home to and to family. He sees that he has no choice but to return to the 27th as it is all that he has.

Just as things are about to escalate Koito rushes in on horseback. He’s still wearing his yukuta from the hospital but threw on his boots and officer’s coat. Tsukishima doesn’t even look at Koito as he asks if Koito followed him to see if they would escape. And Koito firmly tells him that he can’t see what good would come from killing Tanigaki and Inkarmat. He points out that Tanigaki isn’t their only way to find Asirpa and that they should let them run away.

And here Koito is being incredibly logical and reasonable! They don’t need to reply on Tanigaki. Yes, Tsurumi sent him to find Asirpa but Koito is seeing the bigger picture, one that Tsukishima currently can’t see. Koito tries to reason with him that making a threat that you can’t follow through on is meaningless. Tsukishima then finally turns and threatens Koito with his pistol while keeping the rifle focused on Tanigaki and Inkarmat. He makes it clear that his threat to Koito from Karafuto is real. The zoom in on Tsukishima with his veins bulging out, the extreme stress lines under his eyes the chaotic screentone. He creepily asks which side the 2 lt. is on and follows it up with the fact that he learned he was used by Tsurumi that he now has joined the traitors.

The final panel shows an equally stressed out Koito where we can see a very distinct frown and stress lines as well as a rather messy screentone behind him. I really see that Koito is concerned but he seems more in control that I’ve seen from him. There is something about how he’s drawn here - I can’t quite put my finger on it but he seems more mature and determined. And I know that Koito can be a pretty determined guy but - but he’s different.

The next page then seals the deal for me. A full page Koito giving Sergent Tsukishima an order! Koito tells him to lower his weapon as it is an order! Koito has finally decided to take charge as he should as a second lieutenant. Time and time before we’ve seem him defer to Tsukishima and now he finally takes command.

He follows up with the fact that he’s going to watch both Tsukishima and Tsurumi to the very end [of this hunt for the gold].

Bam! Oh man, I have been waiting so long for Koito to take the initiative and use the potential leadership skills that he’s been keeping dormant. This is just such a satisfying page and turn of events.

The shock on Tsukishima’s face really brings it home. The little second lieutenant has finally grown up and he’s actually thought things through. I love the half light dark shading on Tsukishima’s face as he turns to look to Koito.

Furthermore, Koito uses Tsukishima’s own words to support his argument and where he stands in regards to Tsurumi. What has changed is that Koito will now be using his own judgement to analyze what Tsurumi is doing and not following orders blindly. I know this is a translation into english, but using the concept of justice gives Koito’s thought process more backing. He’s showing that he is a just and fair man, not someone who blindly follows orders and he is worried about how if he does something unjust he’ll have feelings of guilt and regret.

Therefore, Koito is letting us know how he intends to lead men, something he was sent to Karafuto to learn and I think he learned part of his beliefs during the Karafuto trip.

The next page is quite sad, Tsukishima admits that he has nothing to live for, so all he can do is his job - his job for Tsurumi that makes him unredeemable. He’s seen and caused so much death that Tsukishima doesn’t care anymore - he’s the empty shell of the man he once was and Koito tells him, his mentor that it isn’t true. Koito’s figured out that Tsukishima must have thrown away something so massive that becoming the inflexible right hand man of Tsurumi was all that he could do. Tsukishima is so many different emotions as Koito hits the nail on the head. His lips are puckered implying he’s biting them or holding something in as we can barely see his eyes.

Tsukishima finally shows us the face of his fiancee, smiling at him as her hair blows in the wind. He’s finally facing what he misses the most and his largest regret. He appears to tremble as he says Inkarmat’s name.

A completely broken and defeated [by himself] Tsukishima begins to ask her if “that girl is she. . .” and Inkarmat starts to move to give him an answer.

However, her fortune telling is interrupted by a contraction.

Tsukishima has given up - his barriers have been broken and he’s just a man who hurts and is in pain.

Osoma’s mom then is able to interrupt their conversation of sorts and orders all the boys to do her bidding to assist with the birth. The chapter then returns to Ainu culture 101, as elements of birthing are covered as they collect items that are used in childbirth. Koito, Tanigaki and Tsukishima are pretty much whipped into shape as they assist in all sorts of things, collecting straw, babysitting, collecting mugwort etc etc.

I personally saw this as a few pages of the tough men all being put in their place and dealing with the bigger picture - the fact that Inkarmat needs their help to give birth and that it is more important than any of their own self-imposed problems. I think the three of them standing outside of the house really get the point across. Tanigaki can’t look at either Koito and Tsukishima.

It really doesn’t matter since Tsukishima just had his own break down as he sits lost in his own thoughts while Koito stands firm with the lighting and viper’s child.

Inkarmat then safely delivers the child and the chapter ends. I think it really caps things off that the “miracle” of birth supersedes all of the shit these guys have been dealing with.

Chapter 232 continues where we left off with Inkarmat and Tanigaki. Of course now that Inkarmat has safely delivered their child, it is time for the - you guessed it - penis jokes!

Tanigaki gets all teary as he tells Inkarmat that she was great. His eyes are teary and sparkly as he thinks that the stump of the umbilical cord is a large penis - Tanigaki dick joke number 4,368 (ok, I jest). This then allows him to realize that he’s got a daughter as he becomes a complete teary mess.

His blushing and tears confuse me - I can’t tell if he is proud or disappointed of the fact that she’s well a girl. Sometimes, I just can’t get a handle on Noda’s sense of humor - but I think he’s disappointed . . . since the vast majority of east Asian men would want a son. But then Tanigaki isn’t 100% normal. I’m totally over contemplating this and I lack the cultural context to really get it.

Koito and Tsukishima confront the man from the 27th who was supposed to be watching out for Asirpa. Catching him re-handed and clearly hungover Koito is able to scare him into shape telling him to get his “shit together” and to report things are normal pretending like he’s doing the man a favor (and the dumb nobody interprets as such).

Osoma sees Tanigaki, seems surprised but then quickly returns to playing with another kid. She has moved on from her “crush” on him and Tanigaki seems a bit hurt as she moves along. Tanigaki needs to realize he doesn’t need a relationship with a child like Osoma, he’s got his own daughter now and Inkarmat to be with! Yeah dude, I get it, but time to be a real dad, not a fun uncle type.

At the same time Tsukishima asks Koito about his behaviour on Karafuto before they met up with Tsurumi again. Tsukishima asks him if he was “faking it” which Koito pretty much confirms with his statement that Tsukishima is “free to interpret it . . . - pausing - whichever way you like”.

As Koito says this we see another new facial expression from him, one of calm and again more maturity. Koito likely wasn’t comfortable or proud of what he did, but he was smart enough to know what to do - to con Tsukishima so to speak. Being a bit deceptive likely goes against Koito’s own feelings - I think it gets him closer to say someone like Ogata, a man who he always thought was running a long game con, but may feel a bit differently about him since Ogata told him the truth.

Koito then becomes more serious as he tells Tsukishima what he’s thinking. He doesn’t think that Tsurumi’s personal goals would be to sacrifice his men for his own wealth or power. He hints at the fact that Tsurumi would be motivated by a goal that is not so simple so to speak. He then asks Tsukishima it he has any idea - at first Tsukishima wonders if he lacks a “true goal” but then he realizes something.

As he has been Tsurumi’s right hand man, there is a flashback where he noticed that Tsurumi had someone’s finger bones when he’s been alone in his office.

He asks Koito if he’s seen the finger bones and Koito asks whose bones? Tsukishima then determines that maybe it is something else and he drops the idea.

As the topic drops off, Koito instead tries to cheer up Tsukishima and inspire him to follow him as a commanding officer. And that they should follow the more typical military mindset. Again the chapter returns to awkward Koito humor where he tries to modifiy his picture of Tsukishima with a half Koito face with Tsurumi to inspire Tsukishima.

With these post-birth events, I’ll now turn to this chapters title page here. This is a transition/summary title page. All the different groups are shown with their overall intentions. Tsukishima and Koito are looking for Asirpa for Tsurumi. Tanigaki and Inkarmat don’t have a direction implying they are leaving the immediate action. Sugimoto, Shiraishi and Asirpa are after the pirate, while even though Vasily in their group, he’s out for Ogata. Hijikata’s group is both looking for Asirpa and the Jack the ripper convict and Kikuta and Usami are also looking for him.

It is all one giant ball of confusion [cue love and rockets] but highlights so clearly that Vasily is not a part of team Sugimoto. I think Noda really wants to make it clear that Sugimoto’s game plan of the enemy of my enemy is my friend is likely going to backfire. Really he should just put out and ad “Russian snow leopard seeks Japanese lynx for kitty sniper games.”

The more I look at this page the more mis-matched teams I see, Kikuta and Usami has a fragile feel - likely more than just general dislike but true distrust. Ogata is back on team Hijikata but only out of convenience and the rest of his group is also a mess with Ariko caught between him and Tsurumi. Such a major theme of the groups in this manga is how so many aren’t actually good - they just serve a purpose for the short term but ultimately are playing different long games.

Now back to the chapter - 1 week later Tanigaki and Inkarmat leave the kotan with their daughter. Koito orders them to head south and to avoid running into any men from the 27th. Tanigaki is back to wearing Ainu garb to likely blend in and not draw as much attention back to traveling with Inkarmat.

As they are about to leave, Inkarmat offers to answer Tsukishima’s question about his fiancee, but now thinking more clearly he tells her that there is no need. All this tells us, the reader is that he’s come to some sort of peace and understanding with his actions. This is good, but we still don’t know what he has found his calm with in regards to his questions about her fate.

As they ride off after waving goodbye to Huci, Tanigaki very shakily says how he feels about Huci and his connection with her. That he was saved by her again and that he’s always receiving her help, but his statement implies that he thinks he has never helped her back.

Inkarmat looks up at him softly, she’s blushing a little and there is a sparkle in her eye as she seems to think about what he’s said. Does Inkarmat think that Tanigaki saved her? That he doesn’t see his actions when he does help others? That he’s too hung up on owing Huci? I think here we see that Inkarmat is the more mature one again and that she will likely support him despite the fact that he really likes to make a mess of things even though he thinks his intentions are the best. I wonder since Tanigaki is just such a manly man that Noda wants him to be juxtaposed with strong women? Just throwing that out there.

The action then shifts to Sapporo with Kikuta and Usami on the search for our Jack the ripper convict. It is clear there is tension between these two men as Kikuta tells Usami to not do anything rash and that it is their job to just scout out the killer. As he’s demonstrated that he’s a clever one, he immediately wants them to change clothes to blend in with the civilians as they suspect that Hijikata’s entire group will be there and it would not be a fight that they could win. The more I hear from Kikuta the more of a similar vibe he gives off like Ogata. He thinks things through and is not impulsive or emotional when it comes to performing his duty.

As Kikuta and Usami walk right by Kirawus and Kadokura, the unlucky former prison guard officer finds a small coin on the ground blocking him from Usami’s line of sight. Usami then wonders if he did hear Kadokura . . . . but immediately writes it off as Usami is certain that Kadokura died in Abashiri.

Kirawus then comments that it must be a lucky day for Kadokura which is actually the truth. We all know that if Usami actually spotted him he’d immediately go after him and try to kill him again.

This missed connection ups the tension that their small scouting party will indeed cross paths with Hijikata’s and the convict.

Not only that but it is clear that Ogata is thinking in a very similar fashion to that of Kikuta. Ogata knows that the killer will go to the red light district and the police will also be looking into the case. Add onto that the fact that soldiers from his former division would be also there for “fun” likely means Tsurumi isn’t far behind.

Ogata then asks Hijikata if “you guys” dress up as peddlers again. This is interesting since when Hijikata did dress like that, it was when Shiraishi was captured by the 27th and and when Kiro was in the group while he was with Sugimoto, Asirpa and Ushiyama. I get the feeling that Ogata is making it very clear that he is not a part of Hijikata’s group while also teasing him a bit.

I’m personally dying for more Ogata action in these recent chapters, but I have to just accept this page. At least it is a good bang for your buck page as Ogata says a lot in those 3 speech bubbles.

What will be interesting is the fact that Kikuta and Ogata are thinking the same thing - as we know that they were both “Russian” kidnappers for Tsurumi in 1902 and realize they need to look for the convict discreetly.

But what I really think is the most important is that Ogata is making it abundantly clear that he’s only doing what serves his goal currently and that he is doing his own thing and that he’s confident enough to flat out tell Hijikata. He’s not one of his underlings, he’s not afraid of him, that he’s got his own thing to do. He’s also likely even more suspicious of Ariko knowing him and how Tsurumi operates.

The action then jumps to Asirpa, Sugimoto and Shiraishi in the Sorachi river valley.

They are doing some recon trying to find any people looking for gold dust and with unusual tattoos. Shiraishi is looking at the viewer - or maybe Vasily? I do find it interesting that Vasily is not in the picture. Or interesting is not the right word - I think is is important that again he’s not a part of their group unless Shiraishi is relying information to him?

The random Ainu man confirms that such a man has been seen and Sugimoto has his immediate murder eyes/scarf combo. Meanwhile Asirpa looks on at him rather coldly.

Sugimoto is more than ready to skin Boutarou and I just get the feeling that she’s ready to accept it as part and parcel of working with Sugimoto. . . .

The next page is a full page of Boutarou riding a horse holding a revolver looking dashing and sexy. it is clear he’s going to be both a charming and formidable convict.

Yet, this information is not the man who is being discussed. Instead, we are back to the idea of a peddler - that sells candy in a town. The last two pages have a very bizarre looking peddler who says that he’s selling candy. He looks like he’s giving candy to a kid but instead give him coal. The man is wearing a toque, has braided hair and a cloth over his face has he is laughing at the disappointed boy.

He then leads the disappointed boy off into the woods away from the mining town telling him he knows things much better than candy. And the chapter ends with the creepy man in a toque leading the boy out of town. Yay! Now we have another creepy man who isn’t our Jack the ripper nor our sexy Boutarou the pirate! Where is this going?

Overall, the second half of this chapter is a catch up/set up chapter. We know were everyone is and where they are going and who is going to encounter who in a matter of time.

Here are the most important parts of these two chapters.

1.) Tanigaki and Inkamat are out of the game for the time being. Yes, they are running off into hiding and for the time being they are out of the hunt. I suspect they will get involved again but not in the immediate future. I still have a gut feeling that Ogata will have to save Tanigaki - likely from Tsurumi.

2.) Showdown in Sapporo. Usami’s eagerness will likely clash with some of Hijikata’s group. Ogata and Kikuta are calling the same shots - will they meet and talk vs just shoot at each other? I have a feeling that these two groups will shift in the quest for the serial killer.

3.) Pirate hunting and a crazy peddler. Sugimoto and Asirpa are closing in on Boutarou. Is he independent of the crazy peddler or are they related? We know that he has men working for him that are somewhere. I’d guess he would start to build his faction to get involved in the group. I suspect that Vasily will cause some sort of issues, he’s no closer to finding Ogata who is in Sapporo.

4.) Tsurumi’s true motivations are revealed. The finger bones pretty much are the dead giveaway for Tsurumi’s motivations. They are linked to the death of Fina and Olga when he was a spy in Russia. As soon as everyone saw the finger bones, pretty much everyone I know went back to chapter 179. After Tsurumi held Olga he wrapped and laid her on Fina, who is missing a right pinky finger. And he then burnt down the photo studio as he leads town.

What is more interesting is how Tsurumi feels about this. I see several different possibilities.

i.) Tsurumi is guilty that it is his fault, he sent them away but they came back worried about him.

ii.) Tsurumi blames Wilk, Kiro and Sofia for what happened even though he assisted them.

iii.) Tsurumi blames the much larger system - the imperial Japanese government and a likely person who sold out his cover (someone in the 1st?) and Tsarist Russia making the partisans due to their poor treatment of the ethnic minorities in the far east.

Or is it all of these? I think we will need to see a bit more of his actions to get a good idea of what is driving him at heart.

5.) Koito finally grows up as a leader. Koito handles the Tanigaki-Tsukishima situation excellently. I really liked this part, he’s showing that he is not just some blind follower of Tsurumi and as it has been implied is an intelligent guy who has his own moral compass. He’s taking the time to think critically of things. Really hoping for him to talk to Ogata again.

That’s all I have for now.

#golden kamuy #golden kamuy meta #sugimoto saichi #asirpa #Shiraishi Yoshitake #vasily #tsukishima hajime #koito otonoshin #tanigaki genjirou #inkarmat #huci #tsurumi tokushirou #Usami Tokishige #warrant officer kikuta #kadokura #kirawus #hijikata toshizo #ogata hyakunosuke

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ailahveyou · 4 years

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PUZZLE OUT; A REFLECTION

“I embraced who I am and I don’t want to stop.” - Supergirl; Kara Zor-el

How do you define ‘YOU’? How hard can it be to be ‘YOU’? - these questions help us understand more of what may ourselves have to pop out. In the midst of the journey you have in life, there are certain areas that you question and that we are about to find out.

These past few weeks we’ve had our classes in our GE HUMS 101, we learned about talking and recognizing LIFE in different aspect and perspectives of philosophers and sociologists. We gained more knowledge about the SELF. So let me give you a little tour of what we discussed and so you can catch up.

On the first part of our tour, this is about SELF THROUGH PHILOSOPHER’S PERSPECTIVES. This topic involves different philosophers explaining what they think about the self’s essence that is present in us. As you can see, with these philosophers we learn and reflect each of their ideas about ourselves.

Just like our friend above this text, Socrates, one of the early philosophers, paved the way of questioning and discovering more about self. He introduced the SOCRATIC METHOD to allow human beings to gain more knowledge. Not just questioning, we also tend to observe ours. The self has levels that we already know and some that needs to be discovered. in our daily lives, we tend to ask ourselves who are we gonna be today or how can we behave with what’s gonna come. These components on this topic helps us recognize more and just like me, I just learned that when you intact all the philosopher’s ideas you can get that greater picture of yourself and could understand more.

So let’s say good bye for a little bit to Socrates and let me introduce you to some Sociologists whom discussed about SELF THROUGH SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES.

Society is a big influence to an individual. It can either demand, command or request. They tend to change behaviors with the people around you for acceptance and it will mirror yourself of what you’ve become with the influence of social norms. As I observed, people nowadays, mostly teens, are looking for acceptance within the society. they tend to change their self-identity for the sake of fame an acceptance within their peers. It’s not that bad we tend to change ourselves of what we feel and for the better.

For example, Hua Mulan - the Chinese lady whom applied for the Chinese army as a man to help her father and bring honor to her family. Mulan was never the perfect daughter but she tried to do everything her family requested so she could bring pride and honor to her family. However, she failed to accomplish the request and disappointed of what happened with her and the matchmaker. She was in awe when she knew that there was supposed to be one man that can represent their family to apply for the army. Her father was sick and she couldn’t stand it. She ran away with her horse and the guardian spirit that her ancestors gave her. Before she deployed herself, she cut her hair and wrapped her breast as if she was not a woman so that the army will accept her. She hid her true identity for months as Hua Ping, she trained and she felt she found her self by being who she is. Then until the end, she revealed herself to the people as a woman. At first, they wouldn’t accept a woman in the army as if it’s a crime. But then she truly recognized her potential and alongside everyone accepted her even her colleagues.

There is good and bad of the influence that society can bring but the important thing that we should know that we have to recognize of what is better for us and even healthier to what we bring and cultivate among others.

Let’s just leave Mulan right there and move on with our tremendous tour. Let’s go and talk about SELF AS EMBEDDED IN CULTURE.

Culture. Culture is one’s way of life. Just like religion, traditions and lifestyle. It’s like a pattern that we do with our lives that we believe and follow.

Like me, as a Pinay, I practice by saying ‘opo’ and ‘po’ to the elders, being hospitable to visitors, likes to party and gather and also we, pinoys, celebrate the longest Christmas vacation. This culture that we have that we share is the bondness and this allows us to identify of who we are. Similar to the phenomenal series Harry Potter, a ficitional story by J.K Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry lived his life being a muggle (human) but everything changed on his 11th birthday. Harry went to the world of Witchcraft and Wizardry and learned different cultures and beliefs as a wizard. He shared the bond with his three friends and learned the meaning of magic and power.

I realized that culture is not the behavior itself but the bond and understanding that allows us to bond and share with different people to experience more. The shared culture you have is how you define yourself on how you deliver it and show it to others. Culture influenced us within our daily lives up until this century. This also bring us together as a nation through diversity.

So, carry on!

We are gonna talk about the PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF.

The self has many facets that help make up integral parts of it, such as self-awareness, self-esteem, self-knowledge, and self-perception. In the basis of psychology, the mental state of the self allows you to think, act and evaluate. For me, the psychological perspective of the self is really important because it constructs the idea of one’s identity to achieve. For example, as we grow up we tend to observe our parents and analyze of what they are doing. Also, we tend to copy and idolize them of what they are doing.

On this lesson, we learned how to be aware with one’s self and also by understanding. Being influenced by the people around your environment makes yourself vulnerable and attached so we have to make sure we choose the right path we take. So thumbs up for that!

We quickly continue to the WESTERN AND EASTERN CONCEPT OF THE SELF.

Western people are ideally aware of themselves. They objectify themselves as INDIVIDUALS purely. They are autonomous. While, Eastern self is believing that there is no meaning of the self that is independent.

Both of them play important roles within the different sides of the world. I believe the Western Self’s single-mindedness can be a weakness and also a strength, not just in our daily routine but also in different aspects. Eastern Self within us helps us appreciate the togetherness of one’s community and by depending and helping. Maybe both of them, don’t go good together but I believe that each of them have strong perspectives within different circumstances.

Moving along...

Let’s talk about THE PHYSICAL SELF.

The physical self refers to the body. Both external and internal. It is the temple of what we desire. People nowadays tend to get insecure with their bodies, mostly girls. It’s hard to say that most of them feel pressured by what they see in magazines and even the social media empire. Social media is technically perceiving the perfect body image of a person should and will have. That’s why they tend to buy stuff to maintain their beauty and body forms.

I learned that self-esteem is really important even if you do not have the perfect body image. People tend to judge the other people’s body image and some of them end up being depressed. Yet, it is much more important to be beautiful in the inside

Being beautiful is not just by having a pretty face but also with a beautiful soul. Our forms do not measure the weight that social media carries. We do not have nothing to prove and no one to impress with. It’s the personality that counts! . The thing you have to prioritize is how you avoid to intoxicate your inner self. You have to smile, be thankful and optimistic, and have a healthy and good attitude.

So let’s give that a big round of applause, folks!

Let me tell you something that I learned about SEXUAL SELF.

Sexual self is not just what you think. Some people misunderstood these type of perspective just because it has the word, ‘SEX’, on it. Well, you’re wrong! So, let me clear things up. Sexual self is the totality of all sex characteristics, includes with the reproductive systems, different STDs, puberty, sexual arousal, etc. Sexual self invites us to learn more of what we have rather than we think. It tells us how our reproductive system works and changes throughout our entire life even on experiencing sexual arousal.

It also talks about different components of love; on how people exchange or make a bond with their shared feelings for one another. Also, the awareness of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

So, if you’re reading this blog, I would definitely give you a perfect example. Have you heard or watched the series Sex Education? Just let me know, okay?

I’m gonna give you a quick summary about the story. In reference with Google, High school student Otis may not have much experience in the lovemaking department, but he gets good guidance on the topic in his personal sex ed course -- living with his mother, Jean, who is a sex therapist. Being surrounded by manuals, videos and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis has become a reluctant expert on the subject. When his classmates learn about his home life, Otis decides to use his insider knowledge to improve his status at school, so he teams with whip-smart bad girl Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic to deal with their classmates' problems. But through his analysis of teenage sexuality, Otis realizes that he may need some therapy of his own.

This story is pretty nice with the topic about the sexual self, it allows teens to be more aware of what they do. Sexual self is really an important role to an individual, it helps to build a wall of self-awareness since teens nowadays are being pressured of what they see and also they tend to give there all just to be loved then some of them lead to teenage pregnancy/pre-marital sex and others may lead to death due to complication with some STDs.

Some are confused of what they feel and who they feel like being to be. It’s better to embrace who you really are and going out of your closet rather than being who they don’t want to be.

I just want to say and reflect that this generation that we have is unstoppable but it can yet be controlled. We can help them to educate themselves properly and being more aware of these things within the areas of their sexual self because it’s better to be safe than be sorry.

Moving on, let’s talk about the MATERIAL SELF.

The material self is the manifestation of one’s identity through his/her possessions. It can be their house, car, pet, and even clothes that you wear. They feel sentimental to a specific value. There is nothing wrong whether you define yourself from the the things you buy, you always have to make sure that you won’t lose yourself, even your credit card.

Material possession can be reflection of you hardwork (Belk,1988). It can also affect your personality and the way you see yourself. There are some people who get sick, literally sick, from being a compulsive/impulsive buyer. It could cause depression, anxiety and even death. Being satisfied with things is not a problem but we have to make sure that we do need it and not just go hoarding stuffs. So, one of the best Confessions of a Shopaholic shopping tips is to think first. Before buying anything, ask yourself a series of questions: Will I wear/use this more than once? Is this purchase going to affect me in a good way? Does this item match other ones in my closet?

For me, being materialistic also has it’s negative effects, being boastful and also decreasing of the budget that you have. People to tend to be jealous with others of what they have because merely the mass or social media manipulates each individual’s mind, mostly females. People measure you things for you to be accepted by them. In the bright side, people tend to measure success also through the amount of things they possess because that individual is seeking high level of achievement or in Layman’s terms - HE DESERVES HIS HARD WORK AND SATISFACTION. Just like by buying a phone with the money you earned from your first ever salary. Materialism has its ups and downs, as long as it doesn’t destroy the your identity and your pockets.

In the other hand, SPIRITUAL SELF.

Spiritual self is the inner essence of your life force.

Spirituality generally refers to the meaning and purpose of one’s life. Spirituality talks about worship, religion and act of faith. It doesn’t mean that we do have different beliefs and religion that doesn’t mean that we are different from each other. We strive, we suffer and we succeed. All of us experience the same virtue of life and it is in us on how we try to make it worth and different.

Spirituality also talks about logotheraphy - which is the pursuit of human existence as on man’s search for reflection. It is also a method that psychiatrists use to help their patients reconnects with themselves and stop being isolated with depression and anxiety.

I believe and I doubt; everyday we do not experience SUCCESS, VALUE, AND SUFFER. Life is not sweet if it’s not a roller coaster full of surprises and life is simple but not easy. Whenever we feel down, we come back and pray to our life force. We make ourselves feel optimism and faith to get back to ou feet. We reflect and meditate of things that makes us happy and worthy. No matter how hard and destructive life can be, you will never forget what is your true purpose in this world and we should go back to grounded in soil and fulfill.

I’m gonna give you a quick overview about the POLITICAL SELF

Political self begins defining politics. Politics exists in all human societies. It can be in school, family and also churches. Popularly visible in governments. This helps to be more focused and considerate with your knowledge and responsibilities. This will help the self to maintain an environment where people can participate and learn about dominance, freedom and rights.

As a democratic country, we have the right to vote. This resembles the importance of having human rights and free will.

I learned that we should know what is right from wrong about this. We can also be leaders and followers in our own way. People have power in their palms and also in their voices. I believe that the political self can provide the cultivation of individuals’ decision makings and also about their rights not being deprived.

Lastly, DIGITAL SELF.

Technology is fantastic. We send emails, watch movies online and just even use our phones to order food without going to the restaurant. Isn’t that amazing?

Digital technology is at the peak of our horizon. Technology influences the quality of life and the ways people act and interact. Technology is everywhere, we sleep with it and we even go to work with it. The whole world revolves around digital. But how does this affect ourselves?

People, mainly teens, are so obsessed with social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat). Digital self allows you to express or share yourselves through the internet. People tend to be more interested having ‘hearts’ and ‘likes’ rather than loving themselves. They depend of what people might say and to impress to get their social approval. As a matter of fact, you can also gain money with these ‘likes’ and ‘subscribers’ you have just like on Youtube. Take Cong TV as an example.

It may also change your life in a good or bad way. You’re taking all the risk for it. Just like the movie, Nerve, where this young girl, Vee decides to join Nerve, a popular online game that challenges players to accept a series of dares. It's not long before the adrenaline-fueled competition requires her to perform increasingly dangerous stunts. When Nerve begins to take a sinister turn, Vee finds herself in a high-stakes finale that will ultimately determine her entire future.

Another one is Xander Ford - keeps on being bashed just because people see him as senseless and has a horrible attitude. However, this may lead to social suicide. People being rejected and being embarrassed then end up getting depressed.

I do agree that digital technology is pretty amazing but it can hardly be forgiving.

Like what I said, Digital technology has it’s side effects, you can literally be hacked and also been taken hostage for SOCIAL IDENTITY THEFT or FRAUD. Criminals are also in the deepest areas in the internet.

So we have to make sure of what we put on social media and even in the internet and the internet does not measure who we are and how we are loved. They even see it as a wasteland where people shed their tears and not to mention it’s also where we can store our memories for a lifetime. We always have to remember that we should THINK BEFORE WE CLICK

I think that sums up our tour. Before I end this blog, as you can see I am very fond of Supergirl. She strives her way out of the shadows just to know what is her purpose and to know more what she can do just by understanding herself. I just want to let you know that it is really hard to understand ourselves. We keep on trying to ask the same question over and over again.

People cannot define ‘YOU’. You are the only one who can define yourself.

This subject made me realize that I am greater that who I knew I could be. That is it. No amount of words how grateful I am to realize that it is really important to understand yourself and to figure out your purpose in life. In addition, this subject helped me thought that knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom and mastering yourself is the power and strength. You have nothing to prove and no one to impress with.

Sometimes understanding yourself is pretty tough but when you reflect and get all the pieces together. As long as you have hope and faith within yourself, I’m pretty sure you’re gonna know what purpose in life that you have and so that you can influence others through a lighter path.

#UnderstandingTheSelf #BeYou #Self-Awareness

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nathancone · 4 years

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A Second Decade of Movies

Ten years ago on Facebook, I compiled a list of every movie I watched, in order, from the first decade of the network’s existence. Now, here’s part two, covering the years 2010-2019. There are 754 titles below, though some are repeat viewings. The movie I watched the most? Harold Lloyd in “The Freshman.” My favorite movie from the last decade? “The Tree of Life.”

But I began the 2010s with James Cameron’s mega-hit “Avatar.” I’ll go on record saying the movie is still enjoyable ten years later, as I watched it again in 2019 with my kids to prep for visiting the World of Pandora at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. But--I also agree with those who say there’s little remembered from the film in the culture today. Can you name the stars? Recount the plot in detail? Mostly what we remember from the film is the spectacle of it all, game-changing when it was released in 2009.

At any rate, enjoy the list below! If a title is hotlinked, it will take you to an essay, interview, or related coverage on the film by yours truly.

1. Avatar 2. I Walked With A Zombie 3. The Paradine Case 4. Whip It 5. The Body Snatcher 6. Coraline 7. Everybody’s Fine 8. The Blind Side 9. The Hurt Locker 10. Citizen Architect 11. Fantastic Mr. Fox 12. Dance With the One 13. The Happy Poet 14. When I Rise 15. Mr. Nice 16. Lemmy 17. Haynesville 18. Rashomon 19. Cabin in the Sky 20. Toy Story 2 21. Being There 22. Modern Times 23. Iron Monkey 24. Kiki’s Delivery Service 25. Alice In Wonderland 26. WALL·E 27. Goldfinger 28. A Fistful of Dollars 29. The Red Shoes 30. M. Hulot’s Holiday 31. When In Rome 32. Toy Story 3 33. The Godfather 34. White Heat 35. The Girl on the Train 36. Mary Poppins 37. Kapò 38. Dr. Strangelove 39. White Dog 40. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 41. Scoop 42. Katyn 43. Metropolis 44. Days of Heaven 45. Shane 46. Ramona and Beezus 47. Duck Soup 48. Pillow Talk 49. Monte Carlo 50. Persona 51. The Powderkids 52. Machete 53. THX 1138 54. Ran 55. Fantasia 2000 56. Contempt 57. The Big Red One 58. Mid-August Lunch 59. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 60. Casablanca 61. The Last Song 62. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 63. Sherlock, Jr. 64. The Thin Red Line 65. Modern Times 66. Fantasia 67. Mon Oncle 68. Stagecoach 69. Hallelujah 70. Mademoiselle Chambon 71. Double Take 72. Black Swan 73. Tangled 74. The King’s Speech 75. TRON: Legacy 76. A Safe Place 77. The King of Marvin Gardens 78. Wings of Desire 79. Head 80. The Social Network 81. Drive, He Said 82. The Fighter 83. Gold Diggers in Paris 84. The Gay Divorcee 85. The Love Parade 86. 127 Hours 87. Never Let Me Go 88. Forrest Gump 89. A Film Unfinished 90. How To Train Your Dragon 91. Modern Times 92. Malcolm X 93. When I Rise 94. Inception 95. The Kids Are All Right 96. A Time For Drunken Horses 97. Our Hospitality 98. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 99. The Mikado 100. Something Ventured 101. Five Time Champion 102. Natural Selection 103. Kumare 104. F#$k My Life 105. Hesher 106. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts 107. Win Win 108. Beats of Freedom 109. Topsy-Turvy 110. Taken By Storm 111. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang 112. Army of Shadows 113. The Life of Emile Zola 114. Rio 115. East of Eden 116. The Drummond Will 117. Cooper 118. Marriage Italian Style 119. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 120. Sunflower 121. Salt of This Sea 122. Casablanca 123. The Happy Thieves 124. The Art of Getting By 125. Patty Hearst 126. Breathless 127. The Tree of Life 128. Nora’s Will 129. Mr. Popper’s Penguins 130. My Man Godfrey 131. The Muppet Movie 132. Back to the Future 133. Back to the Future Part II 134. Back to the Future Part III 135. Rear Window 136. Q: The Winged Serpent 137. Cars 2 138. The Godfather Part II 139. Super 8 140. Dazed and Confused 141. All Night Long 142. The Tree of Life 143. Winnie the Pooh 144. M. Hulot’s Holiday 145. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 146. A Thousand Clowns 147. Tokyo Story 148. The Smurfs 149. The League of Gentlemen 150. Malcolm X (1972) 151. Late Spring 152. Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones 153. The Princess Bride 154. Hud 155. The Boys 156. Poetry 157. Waking Sleeping Beauty 158. Martha Marcy May Marlene 159. Seduced and Abandoned 160. The Nightmare Before Christmas 161. The Third Man 162. Dressed To Kill 163. Echotone 164. Straw Dogs (1971) 165. Sapphire 166. Broken Embraces 167. The Wild One 168. La Belle et la Bête 169. The Tree of Life 170. Beauty and the Beast 171. Killer’s Kiss 172. The Producers 173. Camille (1921) 174. She’s Gotta Have It 175. La Belle et la Bête 176. The Descendants 177. Hugo 178. The Muppets 179. Another Earth 180. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 181. Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 182. The Artist 183. Arthur Christmas 184. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 185. Midnight in Paris 186. War Horse 187. The Whistleblower 188. The Great Waltz 189. Manhattan 190. Annie Hall 191. The Help 192. Moneyball 193. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 194. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 195. The Lorax 196. Kid-Thing 197. Zodiac 198. Hunky Dory 199. Wolf 200. Tchoupitoulas 201. 21 Jump Street 202. Crulic: The Path to Beyond 203. The Imposter 204. The Descendants 205. Victim 206. Revenge of the Electric Car 207. We Bought a Zoo 208. Titanic (3D) 209. Shame 210. The Jazz Singer 211. For Greater Glory 212. Lola Versus 213. The Avengers 214. Prometheus 215. Citizen Kane 216. Brave 217. Rio Bravo 218. The Black Hole 219. Thunder Soul 220. The Gold Rush 221. Children of Paradise 222. The Natural 223. An American in Paris 224. North By Northwest 225. Harold and Maude 226. Killer Joe 227. Gilda 228. Miss Bala 229. Bride of Frankenstein 230. The Graduate 231. Madagascar 3 232. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 233. Star Trek VI: The Final Frontier 234. TRON: Legacy 235. Rise of the Guardians 236. Lincoln 237. Finding Nemo 238. Hitchcock 239. The Illusionist 240. Les Misérables 241. A Christmas Story 242. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl 243. Silver Linings Playbook 244. The Apple Dumpling Gang 245. Zero Dark Thirty 246. Wreck-It Ralph 247. On the Waterfront 248. The Life of Pi 249. Argo 250. Bag It 251. Loves Her Gun 252. Good Night 253. Mud 254. Museum Hours 255. This Is Where We Live 256. Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story 257. Sake-Bomb 258. The Girl 259. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 260. Return to the Hiding Place 261. The Purple Rose of Cairo 262. To The Wonder 263. Epic 264. There Will Be Blood 265. Star Trek Into Darkness 266. Lawrence of Arabia 267. The Birds 268. Star Trek: First Contact 269. Barry Lyndon 270. Star Wars: A New Hope 271. Saboteur 272. Hell’s House 273. Of Human Bondage 274. The Flowers of St. Francis 275. Monsters University 276. Old Joy 277. Out of Africa 278. Safety Last! 279. The Killing 280. A Night To Remember 281. Singin’ in the Rain 282. Sherlock, Jr. 283. The Smurfs 2 284. Planes 285. Sicko 286. Brief Encounter 287. Meek’s Cutoff 288. Wendy and Lucy 289. Side By Side 290. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 291. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 292. Powaqqatsi 293. Machete Kills 294. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 295. The Royal Tenenbaums 296. Moonrise Kingdom 297. Bottle Rocket 298. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou 299. The Exorcist 300. The Darjeeling Limited 301. Dreamgirls 302. Dallas Buyers Club 303. Brewster McCloud 304. Cruising 305. City Lights 306. Saving Mr. Banks 307. Frozen 308. Lili 309. The Gold Rush 310. Ninotchka 311. 12 Angry Men 312. Lone Survivor 313. Her 314. The Nut Job 315. Cool It 316. American Hustle 317. Money and Medicine 318. Life Itself 319. The X From Outer Space 320. Captain Phillips 321. A Cat in Paris 322. Le Ciel est à Vous 323. Las Marthas 324. Rezeta 325. La Jaola de Oro 326. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 327. Clue 328. Gravity 329. Nebraska 330. The Lego Movie 331. Up 332. Liv & Ingmar 333. Before Midnight 334. Two Weeks in Another Town 335. Rio 2 336. All Is Lost 337. The Great Mouse Detective 338. The Adventures of Robin Hood 339. Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party 340. Belle 341. Bottled Up: The Battle Over Dublin Dr Pepper 342. My Dinner With Andre 343. Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction 344. The Lego Movie 345. Bears 346. The Nightmare Before Christmas 347. Contempt 348. How To Train Your Dragon 2 349. Vertigo 350. Gojira 351. The Wizard of Oz 352. 12 Angry Men 353. A Hard Day’s Night 354. Network 355. Picnic At Hanging Rock 356. Get On Up 357. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 358. The Drop 359. The Match Factory Girl 360. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 361. Superman 362. Horse Feathers 363. I Married A Witch 364. The Grand Budapest Hotel 365. Il Sorpasso 366. Conde Drácula 367. Boyhood 368. Fun and Fancy Free 369. The Freshman (1925) 370. Intimidation 371. I Am Love 372. Fantastic Mr. Fox 373. The Freshman (1925) 374. The Freshman (1925) 375. Safe 376. Invitation to the Dance 377. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 378. Bicycle Thieves 379. Sherlock, Jr. 380. Whiplash 381. Ida 382. Tron 383. Return of the Jedi 384. Petting Zoo 385. Western 386. Cinderella (2015) 387. Lamb 388. Babysitter 389. The Thin Blue Line 390. Vernon, Florida 391. Gates of Heaven 392. Purple Rain 393. Sullivan’s Travels 394. Star Wars: Episode I 395. Safety Last! 396. Jesus Christ Superstar 397. Anatomy of a Murder 398. Mary Poppins 399. Inside Out 400. Love & Mercy 401. A Star Is Born (1954) 402. The Princess and the Frog 403. The Freshman (1925) 404. Zazie dans la Métro 405. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 406. Lilo & Stitch 407. Monkey Kingdom 408. Foreign Correspondent 409. The Princess Bride 410. Tomorrowland 411. Rome: Open City 412. A Hard Day’s Night 413. Star Trek: Generations 414. The Roaring Twenties 415. Following the Ninth 416. Samantha: An American Girl Holiday 417. He Named Me Malala 418. Wings of Life 419. Singin’ in the Rain 420. The Peanuts Movie 421. Spotlight 422. The Good Dinosaur 423. Fantasia 2000 424. Reel Injun 425. It Happened One Night 426. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 427. Star Wars: Episode II 428. Concussion 429. One Hour With You 430. Enchanted 431. A Room With A View 432. The Hateful Eight 433. Speedy 434. Time Out of Mind 435. Cinderella (2015) 436. The Lady Vanishes 437. Naqoyqatsi 438. Suzanne’s Career 439. Bear Country 440. The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window… 441. Bandidas 442. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 443. Virtuosity 444. The Big Short 445. Two Days, One Night 446. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe 447. Bridge of Spies 448. Brooklyn 449. Michael Jackson From Motown To Off The Wall 450. Tower 451. Transpecos 452. Last Night at the Alamo 453. Claire In Motion 454. Zootopia 455. Bodyguard 456. W. 457. The Adventures of Pepper and Paula 458. The Jungle Book (2016) 459. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 460. Captain America: Civil War 461. What About Bob? 462. Love & Friendship 463. Dial M For Murder 464. Garfield 465. Ben-Hur 466. To Kill A Mockingbird 467. Citizenfour 468. Finding Dory 469. Ant-Man 470. The Quiet Man 471. The Peanuts Movie 472. The BFG 473. My Dinner With Andre 474. Children of Men 475. The Last Temptation of Christ 476. The Secret Life of Pets 477. Chimes At Midnight 478. Brewed in the 210 479. Saturday Night Fever 480. The New World 481. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 482. Walt & El Grupo 483. Saludos Amigos 484. The Jungle Book (2016) 485. The Last Picture Show 486. Beetlejuice 487. The King and I 488. Ride in the Whirlwind 489. Dracula 490. The Angry Birds Movie 491. The Sword in the Stone 492. Queen of Katwe 493. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 494. Beetlejuice 495. Dracula 496. Arrival 497. Tron: Legacy 498. Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams 499. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 500. Boomerang (1947) 501. Safety Last! 502. South of the Border 503. Honey, I Shrunk The Kids 504. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 505. Jiro Dreams of Sushi 506. Rogue One 507. Moana 508. Once 509. Redes 510. Max Dugan Returns 511. Amadeus 512. The New World 513. 13th 514. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 515. Yarn 516. Paddington 517. Hidden Figures 518. Doctor Strange 519. The Lego Batman Movie 520. Clue 521. The Honor Farm 522. Mr. Roosevelt 523. La Barracuda 524. The Ballad of Lefty Brown 525. Beauty and the Beast (2017) 526. Cat People 527. The Adventures of Tintin 528. The Freshman (1925) 529. The Artist 530. Day for Night 531. Stranger on the Third Floor 532. Twentieth Century 533. Modern Times 534. Alien: Covenant 535. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul 536. �� Norman 537. Casablanca 538. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 539. Alvin & the Chipmunks: Road Chip 540. The Man Who Knew Too Much 541. Cars 3 542. The Sugarland Express 543. Redes 544. School of Rock 545. Duck Soup 546. Cat People 547. Tower 548. War for the Planet of the Apes 549. Pete’s Dragon (2016) 550. Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny 551. The Double Life of Veronique 552. Dunkirk 553. The Adventures of Robin Hood 554. Something Wicked This Way Comes 555. Young Frankenstein 556. Duck Soup 557. Tampopo 558. Beggars of Life 559. Tender Mercies 560. The Princess and the Frog 561. Rogue One 562. Steve Jobs 563. Despicable Me 3 564. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 565. Koyaanisqatsi 566. Honeysuckle Rose 567. Wonder Woman 568. Creed 569. North By Northwest 570. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 571. The Nightmare Before Christmas 572. Altered States 573. Dealt 574. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 575. My Cousin Rachel (2017) 576. Get Out 577. Planet of the Apes (1968) 578. Tomorrowland 579. Justice League 580. The Disaster Artist 581. Thor: Ragnarok 582. Beneath the Planet of the Apes 583. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 584. The Philadelphia Story 585. Escape From the Planet of the Apes 586. Ferdinand 587. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 588. Darkest Hour 589. Coco 590. Dunkirk 591. Phantom Thread 592. Paddington 2 593. Arrival 594. Spider-Man: Homecoming 595. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 596. Our Souls at Night 597. Mudbound 598. The Post 599. Germany Year Zero 600. Trading Places 601. The Shape of Water 602. Black Panther 603. Logan 604. The Simpsons Movie 605. Wings 606. Miss Congeniality 607. Never Cry Wolf 608. Something Wicked This Way Comes 609. Pride and Prejudice (2005) 610. Moana 611. Ready Player One 612. Viva Max 613. Red River 614. Bridget Jones’s Baby 615. Avengers: Infinity War 616. The Sugarland Express 617. Selena 618. Peaceful Warrior 619. Spider-Man 2 620. Stagecoach 621. The Godfather, Part III 622. Solo: A Star Wars Story 623. Jaws 624. Peter Pan 625. The Day the Earth Stood Still 626. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 627. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? 628. Daughters of the Dust 629. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 630. Time Bandits 631. Incredibles 2 632. Avatar 633. On the Waterfront 634. Forks Over Knives 635. It Happened One Night 636. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 637. Ant-Man and the Wasp 638. A Quiet Place 639. Full Metal Jacket 640. The Thin Blue Line 641. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 642. Teen Titans Go! To The Movies 643. The Reluctant Dragon 644. Tokyo Story 645. The Karate Kid (1984) 646. Blazing Saddles 647. The Black Cauldron

648. Back to the Future 649. 2001: A Space Odyssey 650. Blaze 651. In Old Arizona 652. Crazy Rich Asians 653. Ocean’s 8 654. Star Wars: A New Hope 655. The Tree of Life (Extended Cut) 656. First Man 657. Food, Inc. 658. Napoleon Dynamite 659. Halloween (2018) 660. Christopher Robin 661. Battle for the Planet of the Apes 662. Paris, Je t’aime 663. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 664. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 665. Back to the Future, Part II 666. Koyaanisqatsi 667. Creed II 668. True Stories 669. Ralph Breaks the Internet 670. Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse 671. The Last Command 672. Mary Poppins Returns 673. The Primary Instinct 674. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 675. An Inconvenient Truth 676. A Christmas Story 677. BlacKkKlansman 678. Annihilation 679. A Star Is Born (2018) 680. That’s Entertainment, Part 2 681. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 682. Teen Titans Go! To The Movies 683. Back to the Future, Part III 684. Stranger Than Paradise 685. On the Basis of Sex 686. Bohemian Rhapsody 687. The Favourite 688. First Reformed 689. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 690. Cold War 691. They Shall Not Grow Old 692. The Iron Orchard 693. Free Solo 694. Captain Marvel 695. The Little Mermaid 696. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 697. Wasted! The Story of Food Waste 698. Green Book 699. La Bamba 700. Running for Good 701. Us 702. War for the Planet of the Apes 703. I, Tonya 704. Avengers: Endgame 705. Amazing Grace (2019) 706. Shazam! 707. Testament 708. Vice 709. Raiders of the Lost Ark 710. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 711. Planet of the Apes (2001) 712. Aladdin (2019) 713. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez 714. Detour 715. The Hitch-Hiker 716. The Border 717. Toy Story 4 718. Flight 719. Do the Right Thing 720. Midnight Cowboy 721. Spider Man: Far From Home 722. Some Like It Hot 723. Strangers on a Train 724. Red Hook Summer 725. All That Heaven Allows 726. Cowspiracy 727. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 728. Zodiac 729. Wings of Desire 730. The Blues Brothers 731. The Farewell 732. Super Size Me 733. Safety Last! 734. Hustlers 735. Raiders of the Lost Ark 736. The Game Changers 737. Downton Abbey 738. The Body Snatcher 739. The Lion King (2019) 740. Ad Astra 741. The Terminator 742. The Irishman 743. Frozen II 744. Our Dancing Daughters 745. The Castaway Cowboy 746. The Thin Man 747. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice 748. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 749. Doctor Sleep 750. A Hidden Life 751. Bombshell 752. Fed Up 753. Miracle on 34th Street 754. Brittany Runs a Marathon

#movies #decade in review

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rosmariiniwitch · 5 years

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Sauna Magick 101

Nordic people, it's time to shine! As a proud Finn I decided it would be the best to tell you about saunas (also called bastu by Swedes but sauna is the right name, fight me ) .

When it comes to magick that involves whisks and messy healing methods, use your own Sauna and always clean up after yourself!

About Saunas

Nordic saunas were invented by the Finnish people. (The Mayas did also have their own ones!)

The first saunas (built in 1500-900 BCE) were often little cottage-like buildings with a fireplace with stones in it. That fireplace thingy has now developed into a sauna stove or a kiuas, as we like to call it.

Us Finns have this saying that "If Booze, Tar and Sauna aren't doing any help, the illness is going to make you die." This tells a lot about our culture. Sauna was a place for healing - for example bloodletting, cupping therapy and massages were often done in saunas. People gave birth in saunas as well as dead people were gaven a last washing there.

The old folk of the North believed in elves. Almost every single building a person has has it's own elf. Sauna elves were often greeted by a spell, often a simple "Good evening!" or saying it out loud that water and the steam were important in healing worked.

The heat often bathed in is often something between 70C-90C (158-194F) . The sauna users are naked the whole time. An old tradition of whipping yourself ( or your friends and family) with a sauna whisk remains. It can be weird when I tell you to tie a couple of sticks together and hit yourself with them, but what if I told you that it helps your body? Oh, speaking of which...

Sauna Whisks

The essential oils which birch leaves have help you with cleansing your body and reducing pain. Whisking yourself helps you with getting rid of dead skin and it does wonders to your circulation of blood and metabolism. Birch is associated with spiritual cleansing as well!

Magically making a Sauna Whisk

The most popular material for sauna whisks are Birch twigs, though - let me tell you - you can also use Rowan or even Juniper ( if you only simmer the juniper branches in boiling water for a while.) . For a nice smell and magical properties, you can of course add a little bit of lavender or a blackberry branch.

The best time for gathering the twigs are in June when the leaves are young and soft. Ask the trees ( and the landowners) a permission to take branches. You need a good 30-40 branches.

Bless the branches in a simple ritual.

Clean the branches off some of the leaves, so that you make a handle that is pleasant to hold.

Gather the branches together and make sure that the longest ones are in the middle.

Tie the branches together and place them in a water pot in the sauna waiting for you to use them.

Using a Sauna Whisk

If you have an intent, you can state it when you're in the sauna. Use a spell like this, for example:

"With the power of blessed leaves,

I shall be in perfect ease.

When branches meet the body of mine,

I shall be purified.

Negative energy, I banish thee,

it harms none, so mote it be. "

Whip yourself thoroughly from your shoulders to your toe. Enjoy the smell of your whisk and feel it filling the sauna.

Clean the sauna after a whisking ritual.

Lotions and Essential Oils

Saunas are great for lotions and oils! It is popular to use honey on your skin in saunas, as well.

Using Sauna Oils and Aromas

I would recommend that you use specific sauna oils in saunas instead of just essential oils. Do your research about the oils you're using and how they react to the heat!

Choose the right oil that calls for you. Often these oils are mixed in the water you throw on the sauna stove. Remember that these bottles can get very hot if you store them in Saunas!

When used correctly, the heat of the sauna combined with an amazing aroma can be a wonderful and powerful healing experience.

Applying Lotions

I like to do my skin care when I'm having a sauna night! Saunas are great for face masks or peeling creams etc. and I personally love to use sauna honey on my skin! Honey makes your spells more powerful and when you use scented honey, it can bring things for your life (for example, rose honey is the honey of love)

Saunas give your skin care items some time to take effect, and I like to think that the heat helps them as well.

Washing yourself magically

In the modern times, there are often showers near the saunas so you don't have to mix your own washing waters. However, while visiting summer houses or just the saunas of your backyard, you might not be given that kind of luxury and you have to mix the waters traditionally.

If you have to use the water-in-bucket method, I recommend to put a couple of herbs there. It isn't probably the best idea to put essential oils, as they can be harmful to your eyes etc.

Water with rosemary in it is also helpful in cleansing you both physically and magically.

Make a special washing water! Put water, herbs, honey, soap and some coconut oil on a washing basin and clean your body with it before you use normal water to wash it off.

Bless your water!

Visualize all of the negative energy going down the drain as you wash yourself

Other Fun Tips

Who said you couldn't use candles? Just make sure you have a small plate where you place the candle. Be aware of safety.

Go swimming in between of your sauna sessions!

If it's winter and you're feeling brave, you can go and roll in the snow!

Give an offering to your sauna elf, like a candle, food, money or liquor!

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I haven't actually I Really definitely should. Also!! You know how Hwanwoong was on p101? I like to go back and watch old stages with them and even though I Know he was in it I always get thrown off when I see him it's weird (or maybe it's whipped culture, who knows, certainly not me)

Keonhee's on there too!!!!

You absolutely should listen to it!!! I haven't watched all of Produce 101, but I've thought about it! If I can get through The Unit, I hope I could get through Produce ajdksl

#Beanie beanie Billie #Asks #Answered #Person #Oneus deserves the world

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The Tides: Riding the Ups and Downs on the Oregon Coast Trail

By Henley Phillips

I’m in a Safeway parking lot in Lincoln City trying to set a new supported fastest known time on the Oregon Coast Trail (OCT). I didn’t plan to quit when I sat down, but the combination of chair and lapful of Dairy Queen is drawing me down into a comfortable state that I haven’t felt in 139 miles. I do some quick math for the next section - 4 mile wrong turn earlier in the day, 270 miles left to go, 18 miles still left for the day, it’s 5PM, I’ve eaten all the chicken strips, no way I can do this. ** **

Am I quitting?

So far I‘ve covered the miles out of pure excitement and adrenaline, but now I feel well out of my league. I decided to do this just 6 weeks ago. My longest run was only 32 miles; the biggest week a mere 42. This was just to get a taste of what this FKT world is all about. I get it. It’s hard. I don’t want hard. I want a relaxed summer with my wife on the Oregon coast. 139 miles is pretty damn good.

Am I quitting? I think so.

When you attempt something like a fastest known time, your mind is constantly calculating the gains and losses of the experience to regulate and preserve your physical well-being. In fact our brains work in this mode every day with almost every task. It’s basic survival wherein your mind and body work to maintain a safe equilibrium of pleasure and pain. I think it’s fair to say for most of us, myself included, we do a good job of making sure the scales tip to the side of pleasure more often than not.

On my first day of the trail I ran in a state of almost pure bliss for 14 hours. The northern terminus of the OCT was windy and cold that morning, the ocean and sky a blur of blue and gray with waves crashing somewhere unseen. The trail had it all that first day - serene beach running all to myself, road miles through Seaside with its tourist trinket shops, enchanting singletrack over Tillamook Head and Cape Falcon, and then the quiet miles of a sleepy highway 101 at the end of the day. That night we stealth camped at the baseball fields in Nehalem. My wife made beef stir fry for dinner. I inhaled it, scrubbed my legs in a community faucet and went to bed like nothing happened, 52 miles later. Pure pleasure.

Day two. Katie asks how I feel first thing.

“Everything... feels intact.” I do a stupid dance to show it’s true.

The OCT is unique for two reasons - towns and trails. It’s less of a wilderness route like the word trail conjures up, so towns and resupply come easy. You also have to time the beach hiking just right or else you’ll be caught in high tide with no route off the beach or left with an unexpected road walk. Today the goal is to hit one of the main estuaries at low tide to avoid a 4-5 mile road detour.

Near the end of the day, trudging up Cape Lookout and nearing a cumulative 100 miles, my mind begins that gain vs. loss calculation - pain developing in my feet and knees, hips tight, stomach still good but then there’s the hamstring. I topped the climb as the sun was setting, and the thrill of making the estuary crossing at night took over. Headlamp, food, layers and a towel in case I had to swim the crossing. I dropped down to Sand Beach and covered the 4 miles to the estuary outlet under a sliver of moon and the beach to myself.

I sensed the outlet before I could confirm it. In the pitch black of 10:30PM, my headlamp beam was simply swallowed up by the ocean to my right and the now empty space of the estuary void to my left. No low-lying beach topography to bounce light or give perspective. Deep black on either side and moving water underfoot.

The water quickly rose to my chest on the first try, and I half-panicked and almost threw myself into the flow to swim across, dry clothes be damned. Luckily I took a quick glance across and saw a high, steep bank on the other side, which meant deep water and no easy way up. Trying again further up the estuary, there was no steep bank; in fact, there was nothing at all, which I chanced to mean shallow water rather than endless water.

The water is cold, up to my chest halfway across, but I feel in control, safe. Without thinking, however, I start chanting ‘please’ out loud. Please don’t let me have to backtrack now. Please don’t sweep me out into the dark ocean. Please let there be a safe way out of this channel. Finally my foot hits the bottom a little sooner, the water drops to my stomach, and I spot a level bank to exit the current. I let out an animal sound of satisfaction and relief but immediately realize I’ve crossed too high. Now I have a stagnant tidal lagoon to cross, the remnants of the estuary not carried out at low tide.

My phone battery is very low, so I forgo using Gaia to navigate and instead head towards where I think the beach should be, which is the other side of this lagoon. Compared to the relatively clear water of the first crossing, this stuff is a muck of seagrass and shoe-sucking sludge. I can’t see the bottom and have no way of judging depth. As I whip my headlamp around in all directions, tens of little fish jump silver streaks out of the water. Then I notice palm-sized crabs floating in the tops of the seagrass, right at chest level. Do crabs bite humans?

Twenty minutes later I’m back on the beach and running the last two miles to where Katie is waiting. The adrenaline quickly fades. I’m ice cold, and all the pain starts welling up after a day of 58 miles.

In anticipation of the building fatigue and inevitable pain, I quit on day three at the Lincoln City Safeway after a measly 28 miles. The third day was going to be tough, I knew, but my mental focus had already shifted from enjoying the Oregon coast to desperately calculating my next rest and meetup with Katie. I ended the tracking on my inReach and sent a message to my family letting them know I had quit, and to my surprise, I felt a choking, welling tightness in my chest and throat.

“I think I’m crying about this,” I told Katie.

Sleep came quickly that night, and I went to bed without dinner. We drove further south down the coast to where I was supposed to have ended my day on foot, tucked the van into a side road, and that was the end of my FKT.

In the morning I woke feeling better than expected. I stretched and jogged a little and figured I should be feeling a lot worse if I’m going to quit. We had a leisurely morning together drinking coffee with a quintessential Oregon coast view. Turns out the record was still doable, and my one-woman crew was still down to keep going.

I devoured miles for the next five days - 44, 52, 50, 50, 53 and then a casual 20 on the last day into Crissy Field and the California border. 408 miles in 8 days 5 hours 2 minutes.

I had assumed the most critical moments of a fastest known time attempt would be the cumulative minutes lost or gained during breaks, or, specifically for the Oregon Coast Trail, hitting the river outlets and tides at just the right time. Turns out the key decision for me was quitting on the third day when I thought that I’d had enough.

The important thing about quitting is that it immediately calls into question your tenacity. The moments directly after you pull the plug on something can be so illuminating and provide deep-gut feedback on the decision. In the past several years the concept of vulnerability has become quite popular, at times creating a culture and mindset of easy outs. Quitting has been flipped and is now strong, follow-through less important and rephrased as stubbornness. What’s worrisome to me about quitting is that the immediacy of relief can sometimes overshadow those moments of truer clarity directly after. Surely there are moments when quitting is the prudent, safe decision, but how often is this truly the case? Or is it more likely that your resilience, grit and ruggedness are simply being called into question?

Don’t hit the damn button. Keep going.

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Moe, The H.o.e.listic Health Coach

Friday, January 29th - 3:00 - 5:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscu-hpjwpG9C7KMNoqxQmHLPAx8ly9Oqi

Join Moe for a workshop on an exploration of magical medicine, self and community healing. A 3 part presentation including a Prayer Energy Medicine Guided Meditation, Ancestral Spiritual Nutrition 101 Intro, and Health & Wellness Q&A.

Moeniesha Richelle is the Hoelistic Health Coach! Serving the community through

Pleasure Based Wellness Coaching for QBIPOC+Allies by -Activating Ancestral Cellular DNA w/Mystical Nourishment, Sexological Shamanism, Creation&Play-

Taja Lindley

Friday, January 29th - 6:00-8:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpf-uorT0sGNJWYUTrs5S2-r8__o58bx87

Join Taja Lindley on an Artist Talk and Film Screening!

Can we grow gardens out of graves? How can we recycle the energy of protest, rage and grief into creating a world where indeed Black Lives Matter? What is the role of memory in our movement building work? And who will be responsible for this labor? These are the questions that haunt the work of visual and performance artist Taja Lindley.

As a memory worker, Lindley explores what has been abandoned, erased, silenced or distorted in our individual and collective consciousness. During her artist talk, she will screen her short film “This Ain’t A Eulogy: A Ritual for Re-Membering” and will discuss her most recent projects: “The Bag Lady Manifesta” and the "Birth Justice Podcast NYC." There will be time for community conversation and Q&A.

Through iterative and interdisciplinary practices, Taja Lindley creates socially engaged artwork that transforms audiences, shifts culture, and moves people to action. Since 2014 she has developed a body of work recycling and repurposing discarded materials. Her 2017 residency at Dixon Place Theater culminated in the world premiere of her one-woman show "The Bag Lady Manifesta" and it has been presented at museums, theaters, and universities nationwide. Her films and installations have been featured at Brooklyn Museum; the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the Carver Museum in Austin, Texas; the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California; and more.

In addition to being an artist, Lindley is actively engaged in social movements as a writer, consultant, and facilitator. For over a decade she has worked with non-profits, research institutes and government on policies and programming that impact women and girls, communities of color, low/no/fixed-income families, queer people, youth, and immigrants. Most recently, she served as a Sexual and Reproductive Justice Consultant at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, co-facilitating a community driven process that created The New York City Standards for Respectful Care at Birth. She is a 2019 NYC Public Artist in Residence and a 2020 A Blade of Grass Fellow. TajaLindley.com

LINDA LA

Friday, January 29th - 8:30 - 9:30pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuf-6vqjsuG9S7rz4bxjhaggDsCzphuHN3

Get this healing with LINDA LA’s Performance Ritual!

Adjusting My Crown is a meditative, ritual performance born out of recurring themes exploring self worth and self preservation in combat with societal norms. It is an intimate homage to life before the pandemic, set in quarantine, including original movement, music and poetry. This project is intended to re examine the ways we value stillness, solitude and technology. As well as commemorating queer and trans life in spite of the hardships in love and everyday societal rejection.

Linda La is a multidisciplinary artist, teacher, curator, host and organizer from the Boogie Down Bronx, New York. Born out of the Iconic House of LaBeija, her creative work has been articled in both AFROPUNK and The Fader. She has also been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Timeout New York and W Magazine. This past year, she graciously performed under the direction of Bill T. Jones and Lee Mingwei at the MET and performed in the Obie Award winning The Fire this Time Theater Festival. She is currently working on her first studio project set to include original music and poetry. Her work can be found on all music streaming platforms and archived at the Brooklyn Museum in the “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall” exhibit. Find out more at Lindala.world

Shanel Edwards

Saturday, January 30th - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvduCrqTIiHtDeOtB01iKGqHQTiizP4vnV

Get this healing with Shanel’s Workshop, How to build a home!

'How to build a home pt. 2' a co-collaborative creative space that asks participants to remember permission, intimacy, safety, play, and connection in our bodies. We are rebuilding a home that remembers our traumas but does not require them, leaving oppressive systems "at the door". We are remembering interconnectedness, remembering care. All black queer and trans folks are welcome to attend, there movement will be involved. Come with a notebook, pen/pencil, any special items to build an altar, and water.

shanel edwards is a Philadelphia rooted, first-generation Jamaican, Black, Queer, Non- binary, artist, and world-builder. They utilize movement, filmmaking, hairstyling, poetry, and photography as channels. Their creations are birthed through their Black queer and trans existence, tenderness, water, intimacy, and collective dreaming. shanel is a 2020 Mural Arts fellow and was a 2019 Artist in Residence with Urban Movement Arts (Philadelphia). They have choreographed for productions at The University of the Arts (2019), and Princeton University (2020). shanel works closely with spirit and their ancestors through herbal knowledge, divination, and channeling through movement to envoke and envision a world where Black trans women are liberated.

Olaiya Olayemi

Saturday, January 30th - 2:00pm - 3:30pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqfuGppjsoH9FWtBGZQTWe__e07N0k7s_v

throwing the bones and working the roots: a (writing for) performance workshop

this highly anti-disciplinary and experimental workshop/seminar uses writing, image-making, movement, and sound-based exercises to create a brave space where students can excavate and craft their own performative conjurations and divinations; this class explores artmaking as a catalyst for social justice and as a healing modality.

olaiya olayemi is a blk/trans/femme/womxn/anti-disciplinary artist/educator/and organizer who centers womxn of the african diaspora in her performative/literary/cinematic/and sonic works of art that explore love/sex/relationships/family/history/memory and radical joy/pleasure. her work is informed by blk/queer/feminist theories/aesthetics/and politics and african indigenous and diasporic spiritual traditions. she has performed at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, JACK, AAA3A, metaDEN, The Wild Project, The Langston Hughes House, Starr Bar, Mayday Space, and Dixon Place. she holds a bachelor of arts in english/creative writing (with a minor in african/black diaspora studies) from depaul university and a master of fine arts in creative writing from emerson college where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Fellowship. she is a 2019-2020 Performance Fellow in Queer Art’s mentorship program, a Fall 2020 Brooklyn Arts Exchange Space Grantee, a finalist in Fresh Fruit’s Film/Monologue Festival, a 2020-2021 American Woman Fellow in Dramatic Question Theatre’s American Woman Lab, and a participant in Gibney Dance’s Black Diaspora group. her experimental screenplay was recently advanced to second round consideration for the Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab. she currently lives in philadelphia.

Brother(hood) Dance!

January 30th - 5:00pm-6:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUocOqvrTMuEtaEM6QX8kLd9ItaiUregeQP

Brother(hood) Dance! will offer a movement experience that engages your full sense of awareness and connectedness to past present and future. We will work through African Diasporic techniques to ground and be rooted.

Brother(hood) Dance! is an interdisciplinary duo that seeks to inform its audiences on the socio-political and environmental injustices from a global perspective, bringing clarity to the same-gender-loving African-American experience in the 21st century. Brother(hood) Dance! was formed in April 2014 as a duo that research, create and perform dances of freedom by Orlando Zane Hunter, Jr. and Ricarrdo Valentine. We have performed our works at FiveMyles, Center for Performance Research, B.A.A.D! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance), VCU-The Grace Street Theater, DraftWork at St. Marks Church, JACK, Movement Research at Judson Church, Colby College, Denmark Arts Center and other venues.

As a collective, our work demonstrates how life extends beyond its own subjective limits and often tells a story about the effects of global cultural interaction over the latter half of the twentieth century. It challenges the binaries we continually reconstruct between Self and Other, between our own ‘cannibal’ and ‘civilized’ selves. By rejecting an objective truth and global cultural narratives, we find that movement reveals an inherent awkwardness, a humor that echoes our own vulnerabilities. Brother(hood) Dance! considers movement as a metaphor for the ever-seeking man who experiences a continuous loss. Brother(hood) Dance!'s work urge us to renegotiate performance as being part of a reactive or – at times – autistic medium, commenting on oppressing themes in our contemporary society.

Sasha Schaafe

January 30th - 7:00pm-8:30pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd-qsrDsqHtzkR93WGC3sl2wurizVcTsJ

Whip your herbs out of the kitchen for this magical herbalism workshop!

Spiritual Healing & Protection with Herbs : Thyme & Bay

With respect to necessary uprisings in honor of black lives, while in the space of a global pandemic, it’s absolutely vital to our whole wellness that we practice spiritual hygiene & empower our spiritual bodies with clarity & protection. In this workshop we will focus on two methods & one medicinal preparation, with the support of our plant allies/“plantcestors,” that powerfully heal, cleanse & protect us during these difficult times.

Spiritual baths & headwashes are healing & maintenance methods that have been employed in indigenous practices throughout Afro-diasporic traditions, with special attention to the “head.” We will bring focus to two easily accessible herbs that provide clearing & protective support in efforts of providing our aura & spirit with clarity, removing energy that isn’t our own. We ask that you enter this space as your full & authentic selves, so that we may co-create & infuse our healing experience with powerful, loving intention.

Workshop Materials:

FOR SPIRITUAL BATH/HEADWASH :

- Bay Leaf (Mediterranean- Laurus nobilis OR West Indian- Pimenta racemoca)

- Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

- Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus)

- Tulsi/Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)

- Freshly boiled water

- *OPTIONAL: Citrus peels (lemon & orange)

- *OPTIONAL: Florida Water or Kananga Water

FOR MEDICINAL PREPARATION:

- Bay Leaf

- Ginger

- White Rum (40% ABV / 80 proof or Wray & Nephew- 100 proof)

- *OPTIONAL: Allspice/Cinnamon/Nutmeg

- *OPTIONAL: Orange Peel

Sasha Schaafe is a spiritual herbalist apprenticing within the Sacred Vibes Apothecary community, under the tutelage of Karen Rose. Her background experience with “food as medicine” is informed by her family’s Jamaican/Chinese roots & upbringing. Her spirituality largely stands on the strength of ancestral connection & veneration. Operating through love & intuition, Sasha commits to being of service to community with a village-mind — honoring her purpose & the purpose of all those who are a part, as we all have a role to play. She concerns herself with being in right relationship with the land & energies within & around nature. She trusts that our planet heals itself & most effectively heals us when we nurture & nourish ourselves with respect to our relationships with nature & spirit.

Kiyan Williams

Sunday, January 31st - 2:00pm-3:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpde-srT0qE9McUbutgFApjaqUmAWvHZ25

Tune into this Artist Talk by the phenomenal Kiyan Williams!

This Bridge Between Starshine and Clay: An Artist Talk With Kiyan Williams

Artist Kiyan Williams will share the development of their art practice, which draws on and is inspired by traditions of Black feminist, queer, and trans creative practice as rituals of self-determination.

Kiyan Williams is a visual artists from Newark, NJ who works fluidly across performance, sculpture, and video. They often work with soil and debris as material and metaphor to unearth Black queer subjectivity.

Ọmọlólù / Ma’at Works Dance Collective / Ricky

Sunday, January 31st, 5:00pm - 6:30pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqf--vrzwqEtxieIjv_kakBkwjK8c9YoYP

Join the finale of our opening weekend with these three powerhouse healing artists!

Ọmọlólù

Believing in the depth of healing that resounds in blx sonic force ọmọlólù will give a sonic offering. Using harmonized loops and mantras ọmọlólù hopes to welcome folx who bare witness into a state of ease, reflection and blx ecstatix bliss.

ọmọlólù refilwe bàbàtùndé is an educator, african surrealist documentarian, digital griot and blx ecstatix performance artist. A diasporic daughter of blx Southern migration she is in constant practice, reverence and searching for blx sounds in all it’s haptic, visual, sonic, strategic, mobile, logical mutations. Using image, video, prose and sound she attempts to stun whiteness and create a divine glimmer of blx relief, a brief moment of sanctuary for folx to come home into. She is co-founder of rogueTHEIF, an upcycle denim brand/performative gesture which strives to poke holes in capitalist modes of exchange while also being a platform to celebrate ancestors whose memory challenges us to fight for more liberating realities for ourselves and those coming after. She has performed at the New Museum, Northstar Durham, and many intentional DIY spaces. She released her first EP “laiii 222 rest ooo : blx ancestral sonix salves” on Don Giovanni Records in October 2020.

Ma’at Works Dance Collective

This offering is a meditation in nature, a practice of process, tenderness and stillness. A conversation with the tree branches, the stream, the birds and the sky. I'm interested in what helps to heal black bodies and I think mending our relationship with the woods is a great place to begin.

Ama Ma'at Gora is a Philly based dance artist, educator and choreographer. She received her BA from Georgian Court University and her dance MFA from Temple University. She was given opportunities to work with choreographers such as, Kariamu Welsh, Lela Aisha Jones, Earl Moseley, Sidra Bell, Gregory King and more. She now serves as Community Based Learning Director at Drexel University; overseeing artistic civic engagement. She established Ma'at Works Dance Collective, as a way to hold space for controversial dialogue. Her work centers identity, historic trauma and restoration. Thus she intends on crafting spaces which reflect, healing. As co-founder of The Juba House, she’s been able to serve local artists.

ricky

for those in between: a meditation on black mania, magic, and multidimensional living

ricky is an artist, musician, performer, writer, and diviner. last year they released WAHALA, their second solo album as YATTA . the release was accompanied by a theatrical production called An Episode: Ricky’s Room, commissioned by The Shed. this year, they dropped ‘Dial Up’, a collaboratively dreamt up album with philly musician and poet, Moor Mother. ricky has shared a stage with musicians like The Sun Ra Arkestra and Cardi B, creating multimedia performances that tour astrally, nationally, and globally.

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101 Fun Things to do in Toronto in the Summer

The weather is lastly starting to get warm, and also I could not be much more ecstatic concerning all the enjoyable points to do in Toronto this summer!

After what felt like a nonstop wintertime followed by a wet springtime, it's risk-free to claim Torontonians are looking forward to the next couple of months of sunshine.

Fun Outside Activities to do in Toronto This Summer season

It's not just a concrete jungle, Toronto has lots of enjoyable exterior activities to do in the summer season

1. See the Toronto Islands. My preferred place to be in the summer, the Toronto Islands are the best area to escape the city warmth. To reach the islands, capture the 13-minute ferryboat from the Jack Layton Ferryboat Terminal at the foot of Bay St. and Queens Caye. Conversely, you can take a 'Tiki Taxi" from Queens Quay and also Spadina for $10. This is a fun method to get to the islands. They are small watercrafts that are 'tiki' themed, playing Caribbean motivated songs along the way.

There are stunning beaches to kick back on the islands, including a clothing-optional beach at Hanlan's Factor. A bike is an ideal method to get around the islands. You can rent them from bike share terminals in the city and bring it with you on the ferry, or you can sign up with a led Toronto islands bike excursion.

2. Take in the city sky line from a boat. A perfect method to invest a summer season night in Toronto is on the harbor. There are numerous harbor boat scenic tour alternatives, consisting of tall ships, dinner cruise ships over sunset, to open up boat dance celebrations on the River Bettor. Keep an eye out for Sector evening occasions, where you can cruise on the lake for free. It's a blast!

3. Discover Rouge Park. As Canada's biggest urban park, there are countless trails to discover here walking or bike. It's unsubstantiated you're still in the city limits walking Rouge Park. You can even camp there! The very best part? There is a free shuttle bus that ranges from midtown Toronto to Rouge Park all summer long.

4. Stroll via a ravine. You don't need to go away from the city roads to enter nature. Toronto is honored with a huge gorge system, supplying locals an opportunity a retreat from metropolitan settlement. Some of my preferred gorge strolls consist of the Humber Valley and Crothers Woods.

5. Browse through Scarborough bluffs. This stunning cliff extends 15km across Scarborough, standing above Lake Ontario. You can see from above, but as the bluffs are delicate, the city has placed limits on how close you can get to the side. Rather, appreciate the bluffs from listed below on the beach.

6. Walk along the CN Tower. If you intend to include some excitement to your summer season, consider doing the Edgewalk along the CN tower. This remarkable Canadian site used to be the largest free-standing tower in the world. Talk about an adrenaline thrill!

7. Bike the city. Cycling is without a doubt the fastest method to navigate Toronto, and also it's so enjoyable! The city is nearly all flat, so you do not have to stress over hills. There are likewise bike lanes all across midtown. Toronto city has a bike share program where you can pick up and also leave bikes at numerous stations in the city. There are likewise guided bike scenic tours you can join of midtown Toronto.

8. Go to an arboretum. There's absolutely nothing even more calm than a walk via an arboretum. Take a look at the Toronto Botanical Gardens in North York near Sunnyside Park. For something better to midtown, browse through Allan Gardens on Gerrard St. East. Afterward, take a stroll through Cabbagetown, my enchanting community!

9. Check out a farm. While you're in Cabbagetown, stroll with Riverdale farm to see the adorable stock.

10. Kayak around the lake. An additional excellent way to see the city horizon is from a kayak on Lake Ontario. You can lease Kayaks and also Canoes downtown at the Harbourfront.

11. Barbecue in the park. There is no shortage of remarkable parks to enjoy in Toronto, and a picnic is a terrific method to enjoy them! Get hold of some treats as well as a bottle of red wine (Shh, it'll be lawful to drink the parks soon). Parks are the excellent area for fun throughout summer season in Toronto.

My favorite parks in Toronto are High Park as well as Trinity Bellwoods, which also take place to be two of the most effective places to see cherry blossoms in Toronto, which normally happens in early May!

12. Do Yoga exercise in the Park. If you prefer a much more energetic experience in the park, look into the Traveling Yogi. This company supplies yoga exercise classes in different parks throughout the city throughout the summertime. Payment is made on a contribution basis!

13. Sign up with an outdoor Bootcamp. If you wish to obtain whipped into shape while not investing stunning days inside a fitness center, after that an outside Bootcamp is the excellent point to join! The courses are difficult, however it's honestly fun being outdoors with others. Besides, torment enjoys business! I suggest Urban Core, I have actually never been so healthy as when I did this bootcamp!

14. Stand Up Paddle Board (SUP) on the island. If you intend to exercise your balance and be out on the lake, check out Toronto Island SUP. They run SUP courses from Toronto Island.

15. View the sunset. Do not allow the city skyscrapers take the sunset away! There are still numerous locations where you can see the sun drop in Toronto. Take A Look At River Park East to see the sunset over the city. Polson Pier and Leslie Road Spit also have excellent sunset sights. And naturally, the islands always offer fantastic sunset views.

16. Obtain included with a beach tidy up. Assist the city and also obtain involved in a beach clean up! I did this last weekend and was stunned at the amount of rubbish and also plastic originating from the lake. We can all do our part!

17. Sign up for a summertime run. Runs aren't my thing, however I recognize lots of people who enjoy it! Take a look at this Toronto Run Overview and also find the excellent go to crush this summertime.

18. Cool down in a swimming pool. If you don't wish to swim in the lake (I don't condemn you), Toronto has a variety of public outdoor swimming pools to cool down from the heat in. Check out the Olympic sized swimming pool in Woodbine Park. For a pool with a sight, check in to the Thompson Resort and enjoy their amazing roof pool, just for guests.

19. Take a helicopter trip over Toronto For the outright finest view of the city, take a helicopter excursion over the city. I did a helicopter tour in Victoria Falls and Las Vegas, and also enjoyed every min of both experiences.

20. Take an evening walking scenic tour. See the most effective sights of the city in this tiny team strolling excursion.

Music Events in Toronto this summer season.

Songs celebrations are my favored part of summer in Canada, and also I always make it to a the very least a few! Thankfully for me, Toronto has no shortage. Dance your heart out at these festivals:

21. Electric Island. Every vacation in the summer Toronto Island becomes a gigantic dancing party with terrific electro vibes.

22. Promise cherry coastline. One more vacation summer unique, join this digital music as well as arts beach event and also make some new buddies.

23. Harbourfront Concerts. Every summer season Harbourfront will put on a number of shows as well as live events for locals and visitors to enjoy by the water. Inspect the website to see this year's schedule.

24. NXNE. Discover brand-new bands at this music and also video gaming festival throughout the city in numerous locations in June.

25. Summertime Daze. Join this 3-day experience where "the principle of time sheds its synthetic importance and you belong in a running state of presence ..." Seems fun to me!

26. Toronto Jazz Celebration. 10 days of Jazz all throughout the city.

27. Bud Light Dreams Event. Despise the beer, enjoy the music. Previously Digital Dreams, This digital music events includes terrific digital headliners.

28. Veld songs festival. One more one for digital lovers, VELD works on the long weekend in early August. Directly, I've never ever been since I'm constantly at Osheaga in Montreal, but I hear it's a blast!

Arts & Society

29. Royal Ontario Gallery. Find out at what's on at the ROM! This museum always has something fascinating to see. Throughout the summer, they organize dancing events every Friday. As well as of course, dancing with dinosaur bones is as cool as it appears. You can purchase skip the line tickets here.

30. Art Gallery Ontario. This gorgeous art gallery always has a fascinating exhibition going on. If you're under 25, it's totally free to see! And also if you're over that age, take a look at the totally free night on Wednesdays from 6-9pm. Get tickets below. 31. Christie Pits Film Event. Every Sunday night throughout the summertime you can come comfy up in a covering and see a movie in Christie Pits Park. Perfect day evening!

32. Celebrate Canada. July 1st is Canada day and also the city knows just how to entertain. Locate cost-free occasions all over Toronto as well as in the evening take pleasure in the complimentary fireworks over the city. This year, the government is hosting online occasions.

33. Commemorate Pride on the streets. Toronto loves satisfaction and it's celebrated all through the month of June. Head to Church St throughout that time wherefore makes sure to be an enjoyable time.

34. Toronto International Dance Celebration. Commemorate the impressive world of dancing throughout all cultures.

35. Toronto Edge Celebration. During July theatre takes control of the city throughout the Toronto Fringe Celebration. Performances are held at various Locations throughout town. After the program head to the Fringe Outdoor tents for beverages, it's a great time!

36. Shakespeare in High Park. Check Out the High Park amphitheater for a terrific program of Shakespeare.

37. Toronto Caribbean Carnival. This amazing Carnival begins in July, commemorating Caribbean music, cuisine, as well as celebration. The greatest night of the occasion is the Caribbean Grand Parade. Masqueraders wind their way from Event Location to Lakeshore Blvd. It's terrific to see!

38. Toronto Busker Event. See enjoyable performers in Woodbine Park. All earnings go in the direction of Elipsy Toronto!

39. Summerworks. Ingenious theater efficiencies happen across the city during August.

40. Fan Expo. Embrace your inner geek as well as dress up for this year's Fan Exposition at the City Toronto Convention Center.

41. Toronto Style Week. Discover the most up to date fashion patterns at Toronto throughout Style week in early September.

42. Toronto International Movie Event. This yearly film celebration generates some huge names. Discover brand-new movies or attend among the many TIFF parties around the city in September.

43. JFL42. Guaranteed make fun of this Toronto comedy event. Discover a few of Canada's best comics during September.

Food

Toronto is a foodie paradise. From first-rate restaurants to food events every weekend, there's no scarcity of enjoyable food-related points to do in Toronto in the summer.

44. Taco Fest Toronto. Yeah, you wan na Taco concerning it. Tacos. Normally runs mid-june. Say goodbye to needs to be said.

45. Foodalicious-- A party of gourmet street food in June in Downsview Park.

46. Ribfest. Celebrate Canada (as well as Ribs) at Centennial Park.

47. Summerlicious. This program began to display Toronto's varied food. It enables you to try a few of Toronto's finest dining establishments for budget-friendly rates. Three-course prix fixe lunch as well as supper menus are supplied for $23, $28, or $33 for lunch as well as $33, $43 or $53 for supper. Make reservations early!

48. Toronto Pizza Fest. Ontario Area is bringing together 20+ of Toronto's best pizza joints for you to try. Let your carbohydrate dreams run wild.

49. Food Vehicle Feast. Food fans celebrate. Celebrate the most effective of food vehicles from July 31st-August 3rd in Woodbine Park.

50. Jerkfest. A significant event of songs and also food in Etobicoke. As well as of course, award-winning jerk chicken. There will certainly be a real-time stream August 8-9.

51. Beer, Bourbon & BARBEQUE. An additional Food lover celebration at Ontario Place, come preference among one of the most well known forms of cooking.

52. Toronto Vegandale Food and also Consume Alcohol Festival. Vegans can delight in food festivals also! Come see how scrumptious vegan food can be at The Vegandale Feast at Fort Common.

53. Canadian National Event. Every person loves the ex! Delight your inner child as well as play circus video games, get views of the city from the Ferris wheel, and eat all the unusual things. A perfect day night!

54. Eat all the gelato. Not an official food fest, however eating gelato deserves its own line. Toronto has many staple ice cream parlors. Several of the best consist of Bang Gelato and also Pastry shop, Ed's real Scoop, and Booyah.

55. Weekend break brunch. Brunch and also Toronto go hand and hand. The city has actually created a solid brunch culture for many years with brand-new and also scrumptious brunch restaurants turning up in every neighborhood. The only issue? There's almost always a line to enter the most effective breakfast places in Toronto, yet it's always worth the wait. Some of the most effective consist of Le Petit Dejeuner, Auntie's and also Uncles, and also Saving Grace. You can also join a breakfast trip.

56. Visit St. Lawrence Market-- Among my preferred markets in Canada, St. Lawrence has a wonderful selection of food to attempt. Sign up with a directed food through the market.

57. Take a white wine & cheese trip with a directed sommelier as well as attempt some of Ontario's best white wine.

58. Take a directed food tour through Toronto. You can pick from Queen West, The Distillery District, Kensington Market or Little Italy.

Alcohol consumption & Night life

Since alcohol consumption and summertime go hand as well as hand. Find the most effective areas to for a drink this summer in Toronto.

59. Toronto Craft Beer Event-- Celebrate the boom of Toronto's craft beer scene at the official craft beer festival in Ontario Place.

60. Wine Fest. Toronto's initial outdoor white wine event. Come celebrate all point wine July 24th-25th at Stackt Market.

61. Beer Fest-- Who does not love a beer event? Consume alcohol all the things at Toronto's yearly beer fest kept in Juky.

62. Cider Fest. Commemorate 5 years of the Toronto Cider Festival.

63. Opt for outdoor patio beers This is an absolute necessary throughout the summertime in Toronto. Head to among the city's many outstanding outdoor patios for drinks on a hot summer day. Some of my faves consist of Amsterdam Brewery by the waterfront, Hemingway's in Yorkville, and also Trinity Common in Kensington.

64. Go on a self-guided brewery scenic tour. Even if there's not a beer celebration going on, there's no shortage of breweries in Toronto. Make a day out of it and also explore some of Toronto's craft breweries. Have A Look At Amsterdam Brewery by the Water, Steamwhistle by the CN Tower, and also Trinity Bellwoods Brewery by the park (that's just to begin ...).

65. Sign up with a group beer excursion. Do not want to go alone? No worry! You can sign up with a directed team beer tour which is a terrific way to meet people if you're traveling solo.

66. Go clubbing. It doesn't need to be a specific event to event in Toronto! This city has some amazing night clubs every weekend break of the year. Crawl your method through the many clubs on King St. West or sign up with an assisted mixed drink tour.

67. Get day intoxicated at Cabana pool bar. The very first time I went to Cabana swimming pool bar I couldn't think I was still in Toronto. The hand trees and sunshine will have you seeming like you're (nearly) in the Caribbean.

68. Absorb a drag program. If you haven't viewed a drag program before Toronto is the excellent area to try. Head to the town on Church Street as well as applaud these queens. It's a very enjoyable thing to do in Toronto throughout the summer season.

69. Track as well as Area bar. If you're trying to find a fun place to go out with buddies, this bar is terrific! Play lawn games and consume alcohol regional beers.

70. Play video games at a game bar. Another fantastic place to go for a night out with buddies. My faves are Rec Room across from the CN tower and Get Well on Dundas West.

71. Dance at the aquarium-- Why just visit Ripley's aquarium, when you can listen to songs while appreciating the fish?! Look into Friday night Jazz every second of the month at the Aquarium.

71. Go on a whiskey tour in Toronto and discover everything about Canadian bourbon.

Area Festivals.

One of my preferred components about Toronto is the distinct neighborhoods we have. Each has its own beauty, as well as the summer season is the excellent area to embrace as well as commemorate them with all the different neighborhood events! This is one of my favored points to do in Toronto in the summer season.

72. Leslieville Food as well as Drink Festival. Come take pleasure in the art, music, food and also drink of Leslieville while supporting the local area and organisations. And also, 90's music all evening!

73. Dundas West Fest. Celebrate this vivid neighborhood in early June starting with an evening market on Friday.

74. Mel Lastman Square Festivals. This North York Square hosts celebrations throughout the summer.

75. Taste of Little Italy. Head over to University Road, between Bathurst and also Shaw, to sample on Italian food, white wine and also mixed drinks on extended patios.

76. Joint Solstice Event. Commemorate the lengthiest day of summer (June 22nd) at the Joint, Dundas St W & Keele Street. Any ages, as well as it's complimentary!

77. Pedestrian Sundays at Kensington. Enjoy this vibrant Toronto area auto complimentary the last Sunday of monthly. Entertainers welcome! Kensington is additionally a wonderful place to try food in Toronto.

78. Salsa on St. Clair. Join this Latin street dance party on St. Claire Ave!

79. Large on Bloor. Stroll along this car-free stretch of Bloor in between Dufferin as well as Landsdowne and commemorate neighborhood arts, neighborhood, as well as society.

80. Ossfest-- Ossington Ave (in between Queen & Dundas St W) transforms to Ossfest with all the very best points: buying, dancing, online songs, patio areas, consuming, and also alcohol consumption.

81. Preference of the Danforth-- If you like Greek food, you do not want to miss out on Preference of the Danforth. This annual festival ranges from August 9th-11th this year, always a great time!

82. Cabbagetown Feast. My neighborhood event! Come commemorate the loveliness of Cabbagetown on Parliament Street September 12 & 13th.

83. Roncesvalles Polish Event-- Celebrate Polish songs, food, and society at The United States and Canada's biggest Polish Celebration. Over 300,000 people participated in 2015!

Sports.

84. Most likely to a Jays video game. You can get Jays game tickets for super cheap as well as it's a fantastic method to spend an afternoon or evening. You can also bring in your very own food so you don't need to buy overpriced hotdogs! I when brought a Charcuterie board. It was amazing.

85. Rugby Suit. Assistance the Toronto Wolfpacks at an approaching Rugby game this summer.

86. Axe-throwing. Discover to toss an ax (with a drink in your hand) at the Yard Axe Throwing Organization situated in Toronto Stockyards. Makes for an enjoyable birthday celebration event!

87. Exterior go-karting at Polson Pier. Live real-life Mario at this Go-Kart Arena in Polson Pier, Toronto's only midtown go-kart track!

Points to do in the summertime outside of Toronto.

Most of us enjoy the six, but often a weekend away (and even a day) is required. There are numerous incredible places to see just outside of Toronto. With many outstanding tourist attractions close by, a weekend break trip is an ideal thing to do in Toronto in the summer season.

Yearning for a longer journey? Go on an impressive journey to Eastern Canada!

88. Niagara Falls. A weekend in Niagara Falls is constantly a good time! The main attraction is the splendid waterfalls, yet there is additionally a ton of various other points to do in Niagara Falls.

The town can feel tacky, like a mini-Vegas, but it's loads of fun with an excellent team of good friends. Check out Groupon to score a great deal on hotels, which frequently come with passes for numerous other tourist attractions.

You can additionally sign up with day tours from Toronto to Niagara Falls if you're short promptly!

89. Discover falls near Hamilton. An additional waterfall destination not far from the city-- Hamilton has several falls you can see as well as go treking around.

90. Getaway to the home. There's nothing much better to do in this summer season then leave to a cottage for a weekend with close friends. If you do not understand anybody with a cottage, you can collect a team of good friends as well as rent one on Airbnb! If it's your first time utilizing Airbnb, use my discount code to score $45 off your first reservation.

Or for a more extravagant weekend break, check out several of the luxury hotels you can stay in Muskoka, a stunning area simply 2 hrs far from Toronto.

91. Boots as well as hearts music fest. I'm not a large fan of c and w, yet if you are then you intend to go to Boots and also Hearts, Canada's largest country festival. It's embeded in Oro-Medonte, the previous home of Wayhome music festival (SLIT). It's a wonderful, clean camping site just a pair hrs eliminate of the city.

92. Riverfest Elora. Come discover this stunning location of Ontario and take pleasure in some terrific songs. This yearly celebration is terminated this year however returning in August 2021.

93. See The Thousand Islands. This attractive area near Kingston is a nature fans desire. Take a boat cruise ship to admire more than 1,800 islands in the St. Lawrence River, between the boundary of the UNITED STATE and Canada. You can also join a private tour from Toronto.

94. Camp at Algonquin Park. Get lost in the lakes as well as forest of stunning Algonquin, among Ontario's best natural parks. The canoeing as well as kayaking below is outstanding. Plus, you may detect some of Canada wild animals including bears and also moose.

If you don't have your own lorry, you can sign up with a tour from Toronto.

95. Or any other rural park. If Algonquin is scheduled up, look into among Ontario's many other rural parks for a weekend camping journey. There are some beautiful places to check out!

96. Canada's Wonderland. Get your adrenaline rush at Canada's Heaven including several of the biggest rollercoasters in Canada. If you love it, get a season pass!

97. See A Glass Of Wine Nation. Is there really anything far better than alcohol consumption white wine in the summer? Take a weekend break or outing to Prince Edward Country or Niagara on the Lake where you can see these attractive vineyards, and example all of the a glass of wine. 98. Wasaga Coastline. Look into this popular beach community simply two hrs outside of the city.

99. Tube down a river. Head to Elora Gorge Conservation Area simply an hour beyond Toronto, as well as spend the day tubes down the river. If you desire, add in a check out to the close-by Quarry for swimming later!

100. Browse Through Bruce Peninsula National Park. Simply 3 hours far from Toronto and you can be transferred to water that resembles an exotic heaven. It's one of the very best trip for nature lovers from Toronto. You can additionally join a private directed excursion to Bruce Peninsula.

101. Bouldering in Niagara Glen. Climber are glad! Ontario has some awesome rock climbing places simply beyond the city. Grab a staff as well as head to Niagara Glen Nature Book for a day of Bouldering. It's just outside of Niagara Falls.

Where to stay in Toronto.

There are thousands of different places to remain in Toronto for all budget.

Budget plan: The Only Backpacker's Inn. One of the most highly-rated hostels in Toronto, situated in the fantastic Danforth community.

You can also attempt Couchsurfing or Housesitting with TrustedHousesitters if you're searching for totally free holiday accommodation in Toronto.

Mid-Range: Chelsea Resort-- I lived here for 2 weeks when I first moved to Toronto! It remains in a great area near Young-Dundas square and a metro terminal so you can obtain throughout the city.

If you are seeking more budget-friendly alternatives in Toronto, make sure to have a look at Airbnb. If it's your very first time reservation, you can obtain $46 by using this link!

Luxury: The Westin Harbour Castle is located exactly on Lake Ontario with some spaces using sights of the water. It's centrally located right in the Harborfront area.

There are truthfully a lot of locations to remain in Toronto it can be overwhelming trying to look! I would select the neighborhood you intend to remain as well as go from there. Some wonderful communities are the Harbourfront, the Home Entertainment Area, Yorkville, and also Downtown Toronto.

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