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Letter #33

Bilal Mohamed
Nov 8, 2021
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(Hey y’all. I’ve had a really long week. Haven’t been doing much writing, but more reading, and researching and perusing the web, letting these thoughts and ideas simmer. Due to my exhaustion and lack of a dedicated piece of writing today (which I intend to return to soon — more vulnerable, truthful, thought provoking, real writing), I’m sending yet another free letter, though its succinct, and is not actually my own writing or words, and instead, a quote, from an interview I read this past week.)


“Create something that people need—the real people, not the people with power—and also create a network of people that you genuinely care about, and genuinely can work with and not. It's hard nowadays but try not to look at how many followers they have, try not to look at how cool they are. Base your decisions off how people make you feel, how their work makes you feel. Not even just that, because people are manipulative, and people have goals and angles, and people have… you know, sweet personalities that bring nothing to the table. I'm sure everyone has enough of those people in their life. When you're creating your career, when you're creating your life, your life's work, it is so essential that you have only the people who inspire you and the people that you want to give boundlessly to and create boundlessly with around you.”

- Venus X


Films I Watched Recently

Cure
By Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Discover the hypnotic mystery of this nihilistic Japanese thriller

CRAZYYY. Incredible. Never seen anything like it…

Gattaca
By Andrew Niccol

Gattaca (1997) directed by Andrew Niccol • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

This film changed my life.

Mad Max Fury Road
By George Miller

Mad Max: Fury Road - Official Main Trailer [HD] - YouTube

This movies so weird but so lit man lol. I don’t know what to do with it except enjoy it every time I see it.


That's all from me for this one. Thank you for reading. And please drop a like, comment, or even send a reply to these emails if you feel inclined to. I'll be here. 

B.




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