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This era is one of confusion, be it political, social, worldly — it’s all a raging sea of inexplicable randomness that can drain the color from your face if you don’t pause and turn to the things that make the world feel legible.Ironically, to me, the only thing that has ever made any truth of the world is art and creative expression. Here’s a list of stories that will tug at your heartstrings and won’t frazzle your brain. Previously on BiB Unmet desire, bad omens, and other lite things Date night? Three galleries, three trips down memory laneFrom Zena Assi’s enchanted ordinary objects to Yasmina Nysten’s tactfully charged portraits and Adnan Charara’s pop-art collisions, this guide takes you through three Beirut exhibitions exploring the strange ways memory reshapes what we think we know."Green Trees" by Zena Assi (mixed...