Brian Sholis

It has been thirty-one days since I’ve gone out in the evening. Like many of you, I suspect, I have spent some of those nights at emotional extremes. Today I asked myself simple questions: what am I good at? What do I get pleasure from? The first answers that came to mind: I’m good at finding out-of-the-way cultural experiences and I get pleasure from sharing my enthusiasms. So, here is a mystery box of one hundred things I’ve found beautiful, useful, and/or sustaining. Most are recent encounters; some stretch back a decade or two. None relate (directly) to the pandemic.

You’ll find articles, essays, books, and publishers; works of art and architecture; songs, albums, DJ mixes, and record labels; websites and apps; syllabi, recipes, typefaces, and podcast episodes; and a few items that are hard to categorize. Apart from including things I love and/or admire, I have not used strict criteria. There had to be a place I could point you on the web. I tried to avoid work by friends (since this list is mostly friends, and I want to introduce you to new things). Where possible, I’ve linked to a site that lets you support the creator directly.

If you click around, I hope you find find something that resonates with you. Let me know. Like a lot of us, I would appreciate the conversation.

Give and take care,
Brian

Image: my desk at home, last December