Illustration by Gisela Levy
Life is a hellscape and finals are approaching. That said, comfort, coziness, and care are still things that do exist and can provide us with healing moments of warmth and joy. Here are some things the Quarto staff turns to in search of comfort:
Books:
Momo by Michael Ende
Brer Rabbit’s a Rascal by Enid Blyton
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Hwang Sun-mi
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Circe by Madeline Miller
Poems:
“Let It Enfold You" by Charles Bukowski
"If—" by Rudyard Kipling
“You Are Who I Love” by Aracelis Girmay
"Object Permanence" by Nicole Sealey
“What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness” by Shane McCrae
“Science” by Aracelis Girmay
Electric Arches by Eve Ewing
“Song of Joys” by Walt Whitman
“Elegy” by Aracelis Girmay
“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver
“Eagle Poem” by Joy Harjo
Songs/Albums:
"Atheist" by Christian Lee Hutson
"The Climb" by Miley Cyrus
"Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell
“Lianne La Havas” by Lianne La Havas
“Bedroom Hollywood” by Sonny Miles
“At Last!” By Etta James
“SULA (Paperback)” by Jamila Woods
“direct line to My Creator” by duendita
I Know the End" by Phoebe Bridgers
"I Love You Honeybear" by Father John Misty
"Untitled God Song" by Haley Heynderickx
"Timefighter" by Lucy Dacus
"Lullaby" by Cavetown and Simi
"A World Alone" by Lorde
"Steamroller" by Phoebe Bridgers
"Driving Driving Driving" by Kimya Dawson
"Demolition Lovers" by My Chemical Romance
"Carry Me Out" by Mitski
Bottle Opener by Gus Dapperton (or the entire album (or any of his songs))
“Heart of Glass” by Blondie
“Goodie Bag” by Still Woozy
“Island in the Sun” by Weezer
“8teen” by Khalid
Before and After Science by Brian Eno
Anything by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Junglepussy’s new album JP4
All things Leonard Cohen
A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead
Movies:
Little Miss Sunshine
About Time
Another Year
Pride and Prejudice
Howl's Moving Castle
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Easy A
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Frozen 2
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Ladybird
Call Me By Your Name
TV shows:
Schitt’s Creek
Barry
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
New Girl
Sister, Sister
Girlfriends (seasons 1-6)
The Office
GLOW
Fleabag
The Inbetweeners
Community
Great British Baking Show
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Miscellaneous:
looking for mushrooms in Animal Crossing
intense lip-syncing
Stretching/going for a run
the Shine app (they have great meditation audio!)
manifest journaling (it's like writing fanfiction! but for your own life!
Go outside, sleep in the sun, walk on grass barefoot, and let your body be cradled by this earth.
Content:
"Underwater Puppies" by Seth Castee
Watching aesthetically pleasing channels on Youtube: Honeykki (excellent cooking channel), puuung (really cute animations), BBC Earth, and this clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gU89xot700) of a documentary about bread
Watching Bo Burnham's "what" on Youtube!!!
Hanif Abdurraqib's twitter account
Food:
Cooking something really fun and hearty with a friend
Yummy pastries and coffee for breakfast
A good cappuccino
Warm lentil soup
Masala chai
Chamomile tea