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Been on a TV On The Radio kick since I discovered their Tiny Desk a few days ago.
Fun story:
When I was 18, I flew out to Chicago with my dad for the day to take a tour of Columbia. We rode the L on the way into the city from the airport (orange line from Midway), and I was listening to TOTR. A young man in a suit caught my eye because he was really into his music.
We take the tour and head straight back to the airport. No idea why we didn’t make a weekend of it. Again, I’m listening to TOTR. Again, I see the same young man. I knew this is where I’d be moving to. That was 2007, and I’m still here baby!!
Fun story:
When I was 18, I flew out to Chicago with my dad for the day to take a tour of Columbia. We rode the L on the way into the city from the airport (orange line from Midway), and I was listening to TOTR. A young man in a suit caught my eye because he was really into his music.
We take the tour and head straight back to the airport. No idea why we didn’t make a weekend of it. Again, I’m listening to TOTR. Again, I see the same young man. I knew this is where I’d be moving to. That was 2007, and I’m still here baby!!
Jan 5, 2025
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This song always reminds me of the first time I visited Chicago. Specifically a moment when I was wearing my favorite dark orange lace tank top and denim shorts, waiting on the train underground, feeling very alive and very present. I remember this exact moment with this song playing in my ears through white wire earbuds as the train whooshed by, sending a jolting breeze. It was summer of 2017. I had just started traveling the US. I backpacked to Chicago with my little brother via Megabus. Little did I know I would move here years later… when I lose sight of the magical feeling Chicago once gave me, I like to put this on and remind myself of that magic that gripped me all those years ago. Reminding myself I can tap into it. Reminding myself of my independence too, I think.
Jun 26, 2025
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I took my first solo flight across the country in 2021, I was 19 years old visiting my aunt and her husband on the west coast.
I love Angel and was playing the album often but this song really had a fix over me that trip. I think of riding this electric scooter across a bridge under a blue hue of light with this song playing in my headphones.
I love Angel and was playing the album often but this song really had a fix over me that trip. I think of riding this electric scooter across a bridge under a blue hue of light with this song playing in my headphones.
Jun 19, 2025
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This album will always remind me of a drive in the back of a minivan in Michigan with warm light spilling across the car interior. Recently heard this song in an episode of one of the Long Way seasons which is a rec in and of itself. Maintain the wonder and the love for singular moments in long journeys
May 30, 2025
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May 31, 2025
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In Tarot, The Fool is the first card in the Major Arcana, which represents the life cycle. These cycles we are continuously going through in our lives, not just once. The final card of the Major Arcana is The World (which I have tattooed very large on my thigh), which signifies the completion of a cycle and natural ascension into the next. We are then thrust back into the Fool, with a bit more wisdom.
The Fool as an archetype is one of joy, curiosity, spontaneity, and trust. The Fool is pure of heart, knowing that the Universe has got their back. This innate trust allows The Fool to be playful, to take risks, and truly believe everything will work out. The more we go through life and experience loss, grief, heartache, trauma, the harder it becomes to embrace this energy. I’ve found that as healing goes on, just as it’s shown in tarot, we return to this natural state of being. We start off as The Fool when we are wee little babies, and if we are lucky can return there a few cycles at a time, with more wisdom gained each time.
The goal of The Fool is to have positive experiences, maybe for fun, maybe to grow. There is an acceptance with The Fool, a kind of “this is what is, how can I make this work well for me?” Everything works out for The Fool because they don’t know it can’t. Anything we go through in life, we can use to grow. I personally believe we all could benefit embracing the archetypal energy of The Fool a bit more. The Fool doesn’t stop to worry what other people will think! The Fool does not fret about what if’s! The Fool is in the moment!
Jun 1, 2025
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💃Humans have always danced. It is part of who we are, yet we have been conditioned to be self conscious, to think that we do not move our bodies good enough. Dancing is beyond judgement. Dancing is not a skill, it is our soul moving through our bodies, expressed in movement. Dancing is healing. Dancing is bodily autonomy. Dancing is FUN! Any feeling you are feeling can be moved through with dance yet even alone, you fear looking foolish. Kill the judge in your mind, shut the fuck up, and MOVE 🌊
Apr 24, 2025