Swap a dwarfed existence in shrink-wrapped suburbia for a never-ending news diet of jaw-dropping political quandaries and it’s never felt easier to relate with Carol White’s environmental illness in Todd Haynes’ [safe]. With each passing revelation in Washington, security seems to slip away by the minute, sober comfort appears more elusive to find, and a nagging sense of restlessness rules the day.
So for those of you clamoring to unclutter your mind for just a few blissed-out minutes – at the risk of prescribing pseudo-guru dogma in the great outdoors – allow Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges to lull you along a trip of grounded meditation to “Temescal Canyon” from his 2015 album of ambient soundscapes Sleeping Tapes. Just be sure not to operate any heavy machinery while doing so.