Good morning! Been a busy travel week for Tourlami. I do appreciate this lifestyle - working on the road. Somehow, it suits me. Editing on airplanes, exploring different cities. I hope this continues forever.
Anyway, let’s get into this week’s recs:
1/ Virginia Wolff’s idea of privacy.
There can be something enjoyable, even revelatory about that feeling of self-protection, which is why we seek out circumstances in which we can feel more acutely the contrast between the outside world and our inner selves. Woolf was fascinated by city life—by the feeling of solitude-on-display that the sidewalk encourages, and by the way that “street haunting,” as she called it, allows you to lose and then find yourself in the rhythm of urban novelty and familiarity.
I know I was seeking this by going to a university of 40,000 students.
More from the piece…
there is no final, satisfying way to balance our need to be known with our need to be alone. The balance is always uncertain and provisional; it’s always a matter of dissatisfaction, give-and-take, and sacrifice.
2/ Can you split the G? I think it’s harder than it looks.
3/ The stories other people create about us are never really about us, you know?
That’s all for this week. Thanks for reading and sharing. Excited to update you on the new direction for this humble little newsletter going into 2025! Stay tuned.