Ciao all.

Welcome to the first issue of XXIV VII. Direct from LA. My mission is to inspire, uplift and create. Culture never sleeps, it’s 247. I hope you enjoy this issue. Get inspired. Go Make. Go Watch. Go Read.

Love Cristallina

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LITERATURE

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Books:

South Of The Border, West of The Sun, Haruki Murakami -taking you on a love journey, regrets, passion and reunion.

The Diary of a CEO, Steven Bartlett- for those wanting to deepen business connections and how to succeed as a director of your business/life.

The Art of Stargazing, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock- ever wondered how, where and when to see the constellations without the internet?

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa- a cinematic meet-cute at a bookshop.

A Book of Days, Patti Smith- a daily entry of poignant events for and of each day. This book inspired XXIV VII.

Play It As It Lays, Joan Didion- enter the script-style reading of a tragic Hollywood actress, the characters surrounding her in her personal and professional life. Didion claiming feminist authorship of her era and beyond.

The Myth of Normal, Gabor Maté- understanding hidden and exposed traumas.

If supporting local business is your thing: drop by the women owned bookshop and publishing house: ZIBBY’S BOOKSTORE, Santa Monica, Los Angeles or DAUNT BOOKS, London.

ART

January- Alchemy takes flight from one step off a big cliff. Works in process, studio Los Angeles + commissions. More to come.

Credit Tom Norris, 18th Street Arts

FILM+ TV

What Did Jack Do? David Lynch

Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson

Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan

The Munsters, Rob Zombie

Addams Family, Barry Sonnenfeld

Griselda, Andrés Baiz

Credit: IMDB, David Lynch, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesly Manville, Vicky Kreeps, Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Rob Zombie, Norm Liebmann, Ed Haas, Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Philips, Daniel Roebuck, Barry Sonnenfeld, Charles Addams, Caroline Thompson, Larry Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Carlo Bernard, Andrés Baiz, Ingrid Escajeda, Doug Miro, Sofia Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Julian Aidén Martinez, Netflix

“If you ain’t weird, you ain’t livin’” Uber driver (Christopher) Los Angeles

WELLNESS + THE WEIRD

Tone of the month/s:

January = Endings, transformations, inevitable chapter closing.

February = A brand new world of all kinds of exciting discoveries, some pregnancies, some may travel, some may learn a new language, some may take a spiritual journey which will impact your next cycle. Enter Pluto (death) in Aquarius setting the tone for the next twenty years. What will you end, what will you create?

MUSIC

Playlist: JAN TUNES Listen on Spotify XXIV VII.

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