I love listening. It is one of the only spaces where you can be still and moved at the same time. — Nayyirah Waheed — Sunday June 17th — —

“What art does — maybe what it does most completely — is tell us, make us feel that what we think we know, we don’t. There are whole worlds around us that we’ve never glimpsed.” Greil Marcus — Sunday June 17th — —

The idea is to die young as late as possible. — Ashley Montagu — Sunday June 17th — —

Hennesy V.S.O.P

Some lovely abstract images shot by filmmaker Dustin Lynn capturing the Shanghai debut of Hennessy V.S.O.P and their new bottle, for Nowness. In a journey from the cellars of Cognac, at the master oenologists, to the designer of the bottle, Chris Bangle in his house in the hills of Torino, Italy, the movie captures the elements of the cognac in a beautiful abstract way. In Dustin Lynn’s words “Three elements make up Hennessy cognac, wood, air and spirit. The people at Hennessy are very sensitive to this and their tradition surrounding it.” Watch the full feature at Nowness >