I find it extremely hard to separate myself from art. Although there have been countless efforts to try to convince me that there would no way for me to survive just creating art, those efforts mean nothing to me since I feel like art is just the extension of me. My sister always jokes that I…
Why are my outlets always sparking?
Since moving into our new place, I’ve noticed a lot has been wrong with our electricity. It’s something I noticed the first week we moved in, but I haven’t really had time to have someone come in and take a look at it. Today, I managed to get an electrician in to give me a…
Step One to Moving Into a New Apartment: Clean the Vents
Sometimes I feel like as a millennial I’m unprepared for a lot of what the “real world” is like. I know how to do the basic chores like grocery shopping, minor cooking, and cleaning, but I lack the knowledge of how to upkeep certain things in my space. For example, I didn’t realize how vents…
Write: Getting Past the Writer’s Block
I want to write I always have I love words They’re all I have I’ve always written Never stopped But sometimes I run from it I try to adopt A version of me That isn’t real Something that others find ideal But still, I write But still, I write But still, I write I’m going to…
Grandpa’s Ghost
Sleep Paralysis. Horrific Dream. Sleep Paralysis. Horrific Dream. Ghost. Ghost. Ghost. Wake Up. Where am I? Dead. It’s been another day where I wake up to an intense dream, more recently they’ve all been about my late grandpa and they’ve been getting more and more… well for the lack of a better word intense. This…
The Art That I Love
A lot of my life feels like it was spent trying to prove people wrong. I’ve been trying to relearn how to read sheet music, so I was looking at the cliché piano piece Für Elise and I had a quick flashback to the year I took piano lessons in elementary school. I remember my…
“It Doesn’t Matter, I Have To Kill Her Because She Looks The Part”
I have a problem with reoccurring nightmares, especially when I’m under a lot of stress. These past few weeks it’s been a similar dream, all with having to be Middle Eastern. The dream Goes Something like this. A good friend of mine and I are walking down the street and we happen upon a lady in…
Foggy Daze
It’s been a stressful and taxing few weeks. Going from having a couple of courses to more courses than I can keep track of and staying away from my own personal work has been a huge lesson in time managment. I think things would be a bit different if my travel time wasn’t so far from each…
#NewMusic – Sunflower Kiss: Improvising on the Piano
Something you may not know about me is that I love to improvise on the piano. It’s actually where a lot of my music comes from. There’s a freedom to writing without thinking a freedom to express anything I’m feeling without having to struggle to put words to it. Being able to play the piano…
#NewMusic – The Archives (Piano Instrumental Piece)
I remember when I was in school I’d always get excited to come back home because I’d be able to play on the piano and write music. I remember staying up until 3 or 4 in the morning with my guitar even if it was a school night. I loved music so much. I used…