Summer in conversation and in real life has always been my favorite season. Everyday with a warm sun, Frank Ocean\u2019s music, I have time to regain all of the thoughts and ideas lost during the school year. But this year\u2019s summer in particular was simpler than my previous ones. I spent a lot of summer doing activities like walking on blue beaches with warm sands, streaming of \u201cOnly Murders In The Building,\u201d and ruminating with my mom, of course, over Cillian Murphy\u2019s masterful performance in \u201cOppenheimer.\u201d In all honesty, what else can you do in summer besides enjoy the view in front of you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of these activities build the foundation for my summer story, which begins with a trip to a small island in the French West Indies called St. Barth\u00e9lemy. I spent five days admiring the colors and textures of everything in this picturesque place; beige colored sand that had a smooth feeling, cerulean blue patches of the Caribbean Sea, John Dory-esque fish that would perk around people in the bay, the perpetual sounds of people speaking French, and the smell of baguettes wafting all across the island. It was, in simplest terms, like a slice of the Cote D\u2019Azur. It was beautiful, unusual, and yet comforting all at the same time, which left me with a new vision of the perfect vacation. Or better yet, the perfect summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After this visit, it was extremely difficult to return back to reality. I was thrown off for a while after realizing that life is not beaches and baguettes everyday. I returned to New York City and spent a couple days drawing portraits based on Basquiat pieces. I also spent a lot of time indulging into one of my favorite old shows, \u201cOnly Murders In The Building.\u201d This rediscovery of the old show led to me sitting on my bed for hours on end watching the newest episodes, which were just as good as the older ones, which in television standards is a rare occurrence. Still, after this binge-watching, I wanted more from television. So I decided to book tickets for \u201cBarbie\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer\u201d and saw them both on the same day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watching \u201cBarbenheimer\u201d was an experience I\u2019d like to call a canon event. The perfectly executed cinematography in both films (mainly \u201cOppenheimer\u201d) made me cry. Barbie was extraordinary and all I had hoped it would be, which ultimately led me to see both \u201cBarbie\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer\u201d for a second time\u2026and maybe four more times. It was beyond impressive how Nolan fitted the entire life and complicated history of Oppenheimer through different angles and eccentric storylines for only three hours. For the next week, my mom and I talked a lot and drank a lot of tea together. We mostly talked about Cillian Murphy’s amazing acting; how he tends to play secondary roles in films like in \u201cA Quiet Place II\u201d and \u201cDunkirk,\u201d but totally deserved praise, even in Nolan’s other movies like \u201cInception\u201d and \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises,\u201d according to our final conclusions over \u201cOppenheimer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And now, my summer tale concludes. The remaining weeks I’m spending in California, mainly for my mom to continue her work here. I take this as an opportunity to savor every exciting moment before the sun fades back into a classroom. While this summer has been a liberating experience, I’ve noticed a recurring pattern\u2014each year, my summers seem to grow simpler and shorter, a transformation I don’t entirely accept. I hold a place in my heart for summers that hold experiences and room for introspection. But life\u2019s propensity to evolve without our consent asks for our acceptance. And during this summer, I accepted solace in French beaches, addicting TV shows, and a newly formed obsession of Cillian Murphy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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