DeanJean PhngFires, cheese & sex dreams — Fermentation by Angelica JacobsWelcome to the pleasure-domes: of fires, cheeses and sex dreams.4 min read·Apr 21, 2024----
DeanJean PhngArise From The Grave— Symphony For The City Of The Dead by M.T. AndersonThis is the story of a symphony rousing enough to give hope for the citizens of Leningrad, and changed the fate of the ruined city.3 min read·Mar 27, 2023----
DeanJean PhngSomewhere In Between — The Border: A Journey Around Russia by Erika FatlandAn anthropologist travels along the borders of Russia and her neighbours, uncovering the thoughts and stories of her citizens.3 min read·Mar 12, 2023--1--1
DeanJean PhngTo Where Does This Path Go? — The Snow Leopard by Peter MatthiessenPeter Matthiessen5 min read·Nov 13, 2022----
DeanJean PhngThe Radicalism of Reciprocity — Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererHow can we bridge the divide between living and stagnation, between objectivity and subjectivity? Robin Wall Kimmerer shows us a way.5 min read·Oct 15, 2022----
DeanJean PhngDesirous Paths — Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake“It was as if I’d been shown how to reverse, how to think backward. Now there were arrows that pointed in both directions at once.”5 min read·Sep 4, 2022----
DeanJean PhngConvergence — The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth GilbertI review Elizabeth Gilbert’s book about Alma Whittaker, an extraordinary botanist, and discover the power of knowledge beyond the bare…4 min read·Aug 7, 2022----
DeanJean PhngWhat Listening to 432 Hz Positive Meditation Music Feels Like — And What I Learnt432 Hz Positive Meditation Music is nice — but how, really, does music help to rehabilitate lives? We explore Gabby Giffords’s story.5 min read·Jul 30, 2022----
DeanJean PhngFlowers Grow Under My Feet — Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast (2021)If yellow was a huge, bright room — it would sound like Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast. So much ~feels~3 min read·Jul 3, 2022----
DeanJean PhngBurn, baby, burn — 6 Songs of Yearning and ObsessionLust is never interesting on its own. Here are 6 songs for the sweaty, libidinious & otherwordly carnival of passion. Condoms not included.3 min read·Jun 26, 2022----