Author: Bari

[soundscape] and bravely, i.

[ed. note: refer to the first “and bravely, i.” soundscape for context] photo: andreia song: brother courage – “growing old” “i imagine yes is the only living thing.” — ee cummings there is one still point in a turning world. one piece of clarity for each moment. one bright star, winking at you, before closing… Continue reading [soundscape] and bravely, i.

[soundscape] and here, instead.

photo: ‘for everything.’ song: secret players society – “keep me” ‘now rushed into this brightness, as if by a shutter that, once opened, can never be closed.’ — billy collins it’s something i think about regularly, whether the smoke from a cigarette i inhaled two years ago on the beach in california, or the mountains… Continue reading [soundscape] and here, instead.

[soundscape] on where you are now

photo: ‘sleeping, bravely.’ song: peter and the wolf – “safe travels” i was 19. i had moved, recently, from los angeles, where i had been homeless [sleeping in my car, then sleeping in my office when my engine seized] for a month before moving to colorado. i went through bouts of almost- and near- and… Continue reading [soundscape] on where you are now

[soundscape] weight

photo: ‘weight’ song: bon iver — “flume” [stream only] | buy [audio:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15567770/01%20Flume.mp3] “character — like a photograph — develops in darkness.” – yousuf karsh i was twenty one, living in colorado, platinum blonde. i was also heartbroken. i was dating a really wonderful person. a person i love to this day. i was in love… Continue reading [soundscape] weight

[soundscape] tangible

photo: ‘first dance’ song: edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros – “man on fire (little daylight remix)” [mp3] | web ‘one day i will find the right words and they will be simple.’ — jack kerouac when i had been 18 for two weeks, i decided i was moving from california to nashville. it was a… Continue reading [soundscape] tangible

[soundscape] when everything went exactly as you planned except nothing did.

photo: ‘a beautiful captivation’ song: the shivers – “beauty” [mp3] | web “all changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” — anatole france one of my favorite things about being a grown… Continue reading [soundscape] when everything went exactly as you planned except nothing did.

[soundscape] a season of loss

photo: ‘something single and solitary and perfect’ song: ben howard – “promise” [stream only] (buy) [audio:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15567770/ben_howard_promise.mp3] ‘somewhere, something amazing is waiting to be known.’ – carl sagan my very first memory is from when i was three or four. i was with my family, we were outside and it must have been fourth of july… Continue reading [soundscape] a season of loss

[soundscape] so much for so long

photo: ‘party crashers’ song: 13th floor elevators – “may the circle remain unbroken” [stream only] (buy) [audio:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15567770/11%20May%20The%20Circle%20Remain%20Unbroken.mp3] ‘we don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.’ – anais nin pain is an amazing thing, really. obviously it’s terrible in a lot of ways; it’s difficult and it’s too close for comfort… Continue reading [soundscape] so much for so long

[soundscape] found

photo: ‘particles’ song: cocorosie – “lemonade” [mp3] | web “it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – e.e. cummings it’s a funny thing. thinking about what exactly we’re made of [genetics, blood, sinew] and how those little particles play into the bigger picture of who we become. it’s an even funnier… Continue reading [soundscape] found