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This is a sonnet, so itās short. Just fourteen lines. Itās about a falcon. I think about it every time I see a bird of prey hovering in the sky.
Jul 16, 2024
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š£You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for aĀ hundredĀ milesĀ throughĀ theĀ desertĀ repenting.
You only have to let the softĀ animalĀ of your body
love what it loves.
Tell meĀ aboutĀ despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile theĀ worldĀ goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and theĀ clearĀ pebbles of the rain
areĀ movingĀ across the landscapes,
over theĀ prairiesĀ and the deep trees,
theĀ mountainsĀ and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in theĀ cleanĀ blue air,
areĀ headingĀ home again.
Whoever you are, noĀ matterĀ how lonely,
theĀ worldĀ offersĀ itselfĀ to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese,Ā harshĀ andĀ excitingĀ -
over and overĀ announcingĀ your place
in theĀ familyĀ of things.
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šæAnother way to generate identity in the present and help you remember your life in the future. It helps that I fixate on individual songs and listen to them multiple times a day, so I enjoy listening to short playlists with the songs I like at the present moment in time. Iāve been doing this since April 2018, and in some ways it feels like my life started then. I can pull up to any month since then and listen to songs that bring it back. In May 2019 I was living in my parentsā sunroom right after I graduated college and listening to Mitskiās cover of Letās Get Married a lot because it felt so clean and soft.
Jul 16, 2024
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š½Peoria is my hometown. Itās the jewel city of the Illinois River, situated at its widest point, with big bluffs on either side of the river. This segment of the Illinois River is the site of the oldest European settlements in Illinois, but before that, Native Americans inhabited it too. They called this land by the river āpimiteouiā, which roughly translates from Miami-Illinois to English as āit burns pastā. The wet land near the river but below the river bluffs was protected from prairie wildfires, leaving forests that have always been safe and green. I spent a lot of time hiking in them. Peoriaās country club is on a long street at the top of the bluffs, with views down to the river and the forests. In 1910 when Teddy Roosevelt was in the backseat of a car on the way to that country club he described the road as the āworldās most beautiful driveā, and I think thatās true. A river valley is where mankind started, and itās still all we need. This is a recommendation for my hometown but also for yours.
Jul 16, 2024
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āļøI love all three Lorde albums, but Solar Power is my favorite. It got a lot of hate when it came out, and I'm worried she might disown it when she drops her next album, so I want to take a stand now that this album is good. It traces such interesting critical lines between 60s/70s hippie culture and 2010s/2020s Instagram wellness culture while still holding its own optimistic and fresh natural wellness. And Lorde's affection for her home island New Zealand is inspiring.
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