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smoggy Shanghai - crossing the bridge to the Pudong side & the Oriental Pearl Tower
 

I never want to be one of those people who is all, guys I've been ~traveling~ and now I see my life with such *purpose* and <clarity> because um, I don't - but, (!) I'm feeling a little closer to whatever ^it^ is these days which is a nice thing.

• Love anything Leanne Shapton, her book of paintings Sunday Night Movies just came out with works originally featured here: A Month Of
• Three interviews with creative people I admire: Mona Kawalska of A Détacher, Jesse Kamm & Ana Kraš
•  The Daily Routines of History's Most Creative Minds
• The Island Where People Forget to Die
• wtfshouldidowithmylife.com
• Unhappy Yuppies 
• I know - these things are so frequent nowadays but I'm still a sucker for these lists: How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love / happy people habits / 16 Small Steps to Happiness  
• but for perspective, this & this.

Also, fall in Vancouver has been killing it. A bunch of moody, foggy days now followed by perfect, crisp sunny ones complete with picturesque autumn leaves everywhere. My fall list of to-reads queuing up on the kobo:

• The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton

• The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri

• The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

• A Constellation of Vital Phenomena - Anthony Marra

• Night Film - Marisha Pessl