Tag: listening
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remain open to the idea that…
On a small scrap of paper that lived in my cello case for years was this quote that a violin teacher had written out for me on her last day teaching at a festival I attended: “Whatever you think success is, I hope that you, at least, remain open to the idea that you got…
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an open letter for people feeling things they don’t want to feel right now
Maybe you’re feeling a special cocktail of sadness, shame, and fear. Maybe a bit of anger mixed in. I don’t know your life, but I do know that you don’t want to be feeling it. And perhaps you feel helpless in it, as well. I’m here on behalf of you, and whatever you’re feeling. sadness…
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haunted house – voice memo
This song went through so many iterations, but I have a soft spot for this first little demo that was just piano and vocals.
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how does it feel..
…to be a body? I wrote a whole record of songs based on that question.^ As always, I embarked on the project at an overly ambitious time (finishing undergrad and starting grad school) and most of the songs never made it past demo stage. And I don’t know if any of the other songs will…
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Brahms
I’m listening to Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor (okay yes, just the 3rd movement) today. It’s incredibly mushy, kind of drooly writing. Not cliche, but the type of writing that feels like, “oh, you just wanted to feel good.” Incredibly beautiful, but not really thought-provoking music. I’m obviously struggling with the correct…
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“my little brother” | bibliography
There are so many things I despise about academia (you probably know this about me if we have spoken for 5 minutes), BUT one thing I love is a good bibliography. Bibliographies are the foundation of the writing process. I love to read them as I research, and I love to write them because it…
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my little brother || lyrics
I distinctly remember the impossibility I felt as a child that I/we would ever be anything other than kids. It seemed impossible that my siblings would have their own family, or that our priorities would shift, or that we would have real responsibilities. That we would get jobs. Or not live in the same house.…
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dignity
“…I think part of what she is getting at is this: dignity is not based on scarcity. And dignity is something that is very hard to claim for yourself and particularly easy to offer to someone else. And if people are worried about beauty in the sense of high heels or in the sense of,…