Tag: 25
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25 || bibliography
Bibliographies are reminders that we never do the work alone. So much thanks to my friends and to all the people doing their work which inspires mine. As always, this list is inconclusive. bibliography (“25”) Sarah– her kindness leaks into the music and creates such a sweet space to make things. Joel– has a such…
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if/then || 25
If you had expectations of what it would mean to be an adult… If you thought, by now, you could be/do anything, but!.. If you found that you can limit yourself just as much as other people had.. Then this is for you, tomorrow.
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uncomplicated ideals
Spring break of my final year of grad school, I stayed in a cabin in the Smokey Mountains for a couple of nights. I was trying to bribe myself into–you know– figuring out what to do with the rest of my life. Or at least what to do next. I was like, “I’ll just sit…
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maybe this song is for you if…
You’re overwhelmed. You had a very specific vision of what you thought you would be doing, and now you’re there and you’re not doing it. You worked hard to give yourself the freedom of self-sufficiency, and now that you have that freedom you still feel stuck. And you realize you are your limitations. You are…
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responsible & free
I wrote 25 after a year of realizing that I’m the only one responsible for my career, and that I had a year until I was done with school forever. I felt frightened by the prospect, knowing that sometimes I lie in bed instead of doing work. Knowing that a career in music can be…
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new new old old
Nothing can remove the uncertainty/chaos/confusion of being 25 (except for time itself.) We spend most of our lives in the tension of looking for an answer and not having the answer but so desperately wanting it. Rilke gives solution to the ploy of this young angst telling us to “live the questions now” so that…
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limitations
I think I’m most frustrated with the limitations I put on myself based upon past experiences. I won’t do B because A happened to me and it burned. Which is… everyone’s experience, I think. We limit our experiences to maintain comfort. But the limitations often cause us just as much mental torment as the potential…