It’s scary to share your art, especially when you put so much of yourself in it
it’s scary to be vulnerable and to be judged for the work that you do
But at the end of the day, you make your art for yourself, and people sharing in that is just a bonus
I am nervous and terrified whenever I release new music, whenever I get up on stage, whenever I put anything new into the world, especially when it has my face, my name or my voice attached to it
But honestly, as long as I like the work that I’ve done, then everything else is secondary
Apr 27, 2024
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Don’t hoard your music. Sometimes if you perform it, people say nice things and it reminds you art is meant to be shared.
Jan 18, 2025
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i was a theater kid growing up. i loved it for a long time, it felt right to express myself through song and dance, but it felt like such a chore when i got older. i hated the idea of performing something i couldn't relate to and doing things that felt so incredibly mundane and uninteresting. truly, i had lost my real voice trying to do whatever everyone was telling me to.
last night, i had the opportunity to sing live in front of a live audience for the first time in four years. it was incredible. i got to share with complete strangers a song that means so much to me, in an outfit and a makeup look i designed all by myself, surrounded by 8 other amazing performers. it was the most genuine, fufilling and vulnerable feeling i've experienced in so long, and it was so cathartic. i felt respected for what i love doing.
all that is to say: it's corny, but it's worth it to push aside the opinions of others and just do whatever you want. people really do crave the vulnerability in that.
thanks for listening :)
Jan 19, 2025
I soooo scared to show the world what I feel, but at the same time I'm scared people won't like it or worse judge me for it. At the same time I feel like an idiot for caring this much about songs I wrote when no one will really hear them...
Does it make sense?
Jan 23, 2025
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i have friends for coffee, friends for late nights on the town, friends for smoking weed and playing smash bros, friends for long walks, friends for long talks
it’s not that i compartmentalise, it’s just that i meet my friends where they’re at, and that seems to work for us
Apr 23, 2024
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Honestly the best feeling
I like to read a bit and unwind for the day then crash before 9:30
I embrace the nana in me
May 6, 2024
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Go to the gig. Dance by yourself. Maybe you’ll make a friend, but not having someone there with you shouldn’t stop you from enjoying good music and connecting with an artist you love. Stand in the front. No one behind you matters. The night is yours, if you take it.
Go to the movies alone. Go to cafes alone. Take yourself out on dates. Go to the bookshop and buy something pretentious and wanky. Sit in a crowded bar reading about Sylvia Plath’s fig tree or Plato’s Cave.
Don’t believe that you need to be holding someone’s hand to enjoy the sunset. The sunset is just as golden when you drink it in alone.
Apr 23, 2024