memory – The Review

The Lost Daughter

August 3, 2026July 26, 2026 by MY

Vincent van Gogh, Madame Roulin and Her Baby (1888). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Open Access (CC0).

The Lost Daughter completely took me by surprise, a quiet psychological drama whose tensions emerge so gradually that I did not realize how thoroughly it had drawn me in until I was caught inside its unsettling emotional logic.Continue Reading →

Rat Den: A Truce in Bodh Gaya

August 2, 2026July 20, 2026 by MY

Netsuke of a Group of Rats Nestled in an Abalone Shell

In Bodh Gaya, a Buddhist nun lived in an apartment infested with rats that emerged each night, invaded her bedroom, and turned her bed into an obstacle course.Continue Reading →