Song Weilong or Deng Kai: Beautiful and Unknown
I wouldn’t be me, if after a few dramas in, I didn’t try to go wider. Past the first one, over the hyped up actors and further by the algorithm’s suggestion. I know there is a whole world in there,…
The Silent Conversation of an (un)Ordinary Person
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What I learned about face culture after two months of watching Chinese dramas
There is one particular scene in “Our Generation” that I keep coming back to, and for a while I couldn’t quite explain why. Lin Qile goes to find Jiang Qiao Xi at his school and he just walks past her.…
“The Best Thing” (爱你) had a problem and it wasn’t the drama
After the strong impression “Pursuit of Jade” left on me along with actor Zhang Linghe, I decided to check a few more of his productions. One of the most recommended was “The Best Thing” (爱你). Honestly, it sounded a bit…
I watched a Chinese drama and it changed how I see Western storytelling
I started watching Asian dramas for a very practical and slightly embarrassing reason. I am a workaholic with no fixed hours and winter evenings are long and honestly quite boring. My habit was to turn on the TV and half-watch…
When did we start publishing just to exist?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The whole quality versus quantity thing in content creation…Yes, I know, worn out topic. But bear with me because I’m not going where you think. What do I actually mean by quality?…
The best Christmas for your kid and why it matters
By the time this article reaches you, my readers, Christmas will be around the corner. It is truly one of the best times of the year but for me, there is also a lot of stress for us, moms until…
How I ended up doing a Master in Sculpture
“You see what you know” – it is a quote by Frank Stella but I heard that first from my boss, who I also consider a mentor at work and then out of the blue I heard it from my…
France’s biggest newspaper discovered Zhang Linghe. Here is why that matters more than you think.
I have a confession to make. I’ve got a very big crush on “content” and everything related to it – content creation, content adaptation, PR and all of it. You name it, I love it. Lately the biggest passion I’ve…
Why do I think I have the right to talk?
If you already somehow landed on these pages, you are probably wondering what is the purpose of all these “writings on the wall” and how someone (me) spends that much time actually writing things on various topics. The truth is…