The Paris Chapter: 8 - 14 April
The creative terrain, laughing yoga, director Q&As, an expat breakfast, female winemakers festival, philosophy cafes, writing workshops, breakdancing battles, space talk, an Italiano evening...
What to ode to, in a week that went all too fast? Plant baby purchases, snatching sunshine en terrasse, long salty baths, idea sessions in art deco bars, seriously low-key Sundays, friends who bring cookies, and wondering if maybe - no tricks this time! - we can put the winter coats away now.
In this edition:
BE - a question or quote to help you live deeper
DELVE - a quick curation of online reads
DO - three Paris event recommendations for the week ahead
Additionally, for premium subscribersEXPAND - the full line-up of events (36 this week)
BE
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold”
- Helen Keller (via
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DELVE
The pieces that have stuck with me, from all I’ve read this week
How a Violin Maker's Dreams Came True in Cremona, Italy
When Ayoung An was 8, her parents bought her a violin. She slept with the instrument on the pillow next to her every night… Eventually, a journey with twists and turns took her to Cremona in northern Italy.
Life, less than a hundred years, floats like a boat on a river by
‘It’s one of my favourite places,’ he said, ‘but no one ever asks to be taken there. And here you are, a foreigner, having come all this way to see it.’ I explained how I loved Ryōkan’s poetry, how it often led me to a place of stillness in my mind in a way I could not quite explain.
Prompt 289. A Contagion of Blessings by
When I’m visited by such an idea, the only way I know to bring it to life it is to back myself into a corner… When (to my great surprise) they all said yes, I felt a little panicked. “Oh shit,” I thought, “I actually have to figure out how to do this!”
DO
My goal is to help you have the richest, deepest possible experience of Paris and all its intellectual and artistic treasures.
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36 events this week
The agenda includes:
Thur 11
PHILOSOPHY GATHERING: Cosy Cave Conversations, 7 - 8:30pm
(EN) Free, Les Acolytes (10e)
Fri 12
DANCE: Abd Al Malik, Blanca Li, David Grimal, 8pm
€10, Philharmonie de Paris (19e)
Sat 13
GATHERING: Ready-Set-Write! 10am - 1pm
(EN) Free, Unicorners café coworking (3e)
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