As the Instagram generation, we’ve grown to become familiar with this phenomenon. An off-the-spotlight scenic view catapulted into internet fame by a single shot. A shot that, shared enough times, grows past its boundaries to a point where the line between the picture and the experience becomes hard to discern. …

“Apparently there used to be some Japanese internment camp around here…” He said nonchalantly, looking at a flyer at the visitor center near Lone Pine, California. “Manzanar?!?!”, I said. It was part hope and part guess. I looked at the flyer and I knew we just had to visit. My cousin’s expression showed no…

It’s been two years since La La Land first came out, and in these two years I’ve watched the movie four times, and watched the song sequences countless number of times. Every time I watch the movie, I uncover a new side that I hadn’t seen before. As it’s been…