Monday, May 29, 2023

MINO- Take (2020)

 just keep coming back to this. masterful  he is so good



Dear april

Dear April,


it’s been so long since things were okay for more than a moment. it was nice to see that again. it made me feel so alien, isn’t that funny? or even guilty. paranoid. not quite that dramatic, but shades of those feelings.

sometimes all it takes is something new. new things can hurt too, and new places can be lonely, and new words... new voices telling you things you have or haven’t heard before, things you did or didn’t want to hear. who knows what you needed to hear.

since you’ve gone, i’ve learned how important it is to dream. Last night i asked myself, “how far can fantasy take you?”

I don’t know. i’ll find out and let you know.

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Ginza

Some moments in life feel like, to me, they could be a dream. Or more accurately, sometimes in life, I get so caught up in a moment, something fleeting and temporary, and I make it into a dream. I get absorbed in a passing feeling, an instant of emotion, and extrapolate that into a whole new timeline of my life.

It's not really daydreaming, I don't think; that has the connotation of being lost in a romantic haze laying out under palm trees. It's something much more intense and quick, like a sprint instead of a marathon. Or a sprint instead of a leisurely stroll. Exhilarating more than calming.

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You know how I get when I'm lonely

And I think about you in the moment,

But [...]