April 30, 2026

sounds
are waves
saying hi to your eardrums
and crashing into your brain
with melody
with emotion
with purpose

there’s a reason music brings folks together just just just right

April 28, 2026

listening listening listening
to new music
to audiobooks
to the cars yelling at each other outside
to podcasts
to potential music
to my own thoughts
[and not wanting to run away screaming
or blare out with any other sound
my own thoughts, so that feels like growth]

but still

listening
listening
listening

observing
and collecting
and absorbing other people’s media

and maybe one day

making my own

January 21, 2026

it’s interesting how
comforting
certain music is

like covering myself up
with a blanket of familiar sound

like burying my face into
the soft coat of a song i love

like holding myself
and the sound
all in one
safe
safe
place

December 8, 2025

kip playing with music
a whole set up here at our
kitchen table

and something in me wants to create

is it music?
am i ready to hear my own voice
echoing back from me
via vocoder at least?

or am i more in the physical scheme
and want to cut and trim and sew and see
what kind of creation i can make with
my own two hands

or am i finally ready to write that book
i’ve been threatening to write
forever and a half

or is it the video series
or a play
or silly skits
on social media
[probably not that last one
if my mental health is any key
or indication, having done so well
these past few months
without
that curse looming over me
via my phone…]

[who knows]
[who knows]

October 23, 2025

this vibe
of music
of cello and piano and drum
of experimenting with the strings
and riffing on the keys
and the steady, floating and capturing beat underneath
is exactly the vibe i need
for this morning

[let’s hear it for modern jazz]

July 23, 2025

how can some songs
slap me in the face with memories
that i never wanted to see
again

and yet

some songs feel like
the best bear hug
from a friend
you haven’t seen in
ages?

the comfort/misery line
is razor thin

[and sometimes appears in
the middle of a measure]

but damn, these songs still slap