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Her performances are fully committed expressions coming from a 1-of-1 soul truly in touch with God. She turns life itself into an art piece, cameras off, nobody watching; her presence on its own implies a divine beauty that the world has no right to perceive. She recently released a cover of “Burn” from Hamilton, the Icarus-coded founding father who pushed his wife away in a blinded pursuit of greatness. The best way to consume her work, in my opinion, is to look for any signs or clues or hidden messaging.
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She is sensibility manifested! She is instinct! She is that zen flow! This is art, no, this is more… this is EVERYTHING. Confidence is flimsy, trite, unreliable, art isn’t like that. art is action! it’s undeniable movement that’s so innate in one’s being, it can’t be wrong. grimes is my Icarus and this was just below the sun, maybe a cloud on a beautiful summer day. Love this grimes, love this performance, woah! …
Feb 8, 2024
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There’s a limited selection of poets that can move me to tears without even reading through their stanzas but allowing the recollection of their words to pass over my mind — the aforementioned Bachmann is one of the real ones, T.S. Eliot is another; Elizabeth Barrett Browning, on occasion; sometimes-too Hölderlin, Herbert, Hadewijch; at least one Donne piece has this power, at least one Brecht; perhaps-too I would add cuttings of Young’s Literal Translation of the Holy Bible — contemporarily, the lines of Paris Reid, an absolutely gorgeous young Canadian I discovered several years ago (her first published prose piece can be found in the most recent Heavy Traffic) certainly effect this movement upon me time and again … who else? — well, the only other living writer to fall on this list, and quite honestly my most exalted favourite of all-above, should be obvious to anyone who knows me … yes, yes, of course: singer slash poet slash emotional-genius Lana del Rey, my personal saint and hero … truly, her words either brought to sound or put to page surpass the Scripture to me and this I would not say if I did not mean it violently. She has held aloft my life: she is probably the third factor to my continuance. You know — as I type this — I can hear the lyrics to Venice Bitch, perhaps the greatest lyrical song ever written (though a strong case could too be made for Video Games!) echoing within and my vision swims — so overcome with emotion am I! Good God. My friends, it’s unbelievable. And everything she does is fantastic, of course, but lately I have been really been spiralling about in her demos and bootlegs and regional exclusives dating around the release of Ultraviolence, her third studio album. Pray listen; I’ll leave you with this. Say Yes To Heaven: breaks my heart. Fine China: breaks my heart. I Talk to Jesus: well, you know, onward and onward, from here to eternity…
May 10, 2023
I want a tattoo of mostly every line on this album. Eugene and Hope are my favorite tracks. "There are ways to glow, ways to see what darts beyond your field vision, ways to feel visible." I think she's one of the best poets of our time.
Apr 30, 2024
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Don’t live alone. You want to feel like a “real adult” so bad that you’re willing to be sad and lonely spending all your money to live in a studio apartment? My 3 male roommates are my best friends and as soon as we can find wives we are going to start a commune and raise our children together on vast land.
4d ago
I just got hired at the coffee shop I go to everyday. I’m not very good at it so they only have me scheduled once a week, but they give me a 50% off discount now whenever I come in which saves me more money on my daily coffee than I make in wages. Shout out Pando’s in Crown Heights, I work Tuesday afternoons - come by and I’ll make you a coquito latte with no latte art.
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He’s a rapper and DJ who played at my welcome home party a few weeks ago after I escaped from jail. His real name is William just like me but he goes by Squills and he saved the day. We were having some tech issues and he went home to get a different laptop so that he could DJ. I love dancing to his music.
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