So many things shape our thinking and planning at Amour. Here are a handful of readings, videos, and songs that have inspired us recently. We hope they inspire you, too.

• Sunday Candy by Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - Chance the Rapper's tribute to his grandma in a fun, single-shot video of dancing, props, and singing
• Certain Age - A conversation on age, women, expectations, and perceptions from the April 2016 edition of Harper's
• Love Style Life - Garance Dore's behind-the-scenes stories from the world of fashion.
• Woolf’s Darkness: Embracing The Inexplicable - Rebecca Solnit explores darkness, language, women, and not following plans from the April 24, 2014 New Yorker
• Sinnerman - Nina Simone's spiritual-cum-jazz epic feels like a 10 minute crescendo