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"Creation is only motion under a different name." (An Interview With Joan Pope)

"Creation is only motion under a different name." (An Interview With Joan Pope)

Music is sacred and it is profane. I can’t help being intrigued by something that holds both so easily.

Art, InterviewsKate WilsonJune 12, 2020Joan Pope

& I'll Cry If I Want To: A Selection of the Sad Girl in Music

& I'll Cry If I Want To: A Selection of the Sad Girl in Music

We all have our Sad Girl songs—the ones that hit right at the center of our biggest shames, our runny mascara nights, our whispers from the alleyway.

Art, Music, SelectionsLexi CovalsenSeptember 11, 2019Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lana Del Rey, Audrey Wollen, Lesley Gore, Marina and the Diamonds, Sky Ferreira, Lorde, SZA, Donna Tartt

“There’s a sense of peace that comes with soft sunlight in the early mornings.” (An Interview with Lynn Werner)

“There’s a sense of peace that comes with soft sunlight in the early mornings.” (An Interview with Lynn Werner)

When combined, the arts create redemption, gratitude, connections we’d never have bridged on our own.

Art, Interviews, MusicKate WilsonMay 18, 2019Lynn Werner, Conan Gray, Hozier

$VII: Aubade | Uncomposed: "Refractions of Light"$

VII: Aubade | Uncomposed: "Refractions of Light"

I have wanted to leave home since I was thirteen years old, and the desire sings in my ribs even more strongly now.

Columns, Art, Personal Essay, MusicHana WidermanMay 5, 2019Pablo Picasso, uncomposed, Halsey

“I hope my work can bring you a sense of quiet.” (An Interview with Joyanna M.)

“I hope my work can bring you a sense of quiet.” (An Interview with Joyanna M.)

Most sounds are music to me.

Art, Music, InterviewsKate WilsonDecember 4, 2018Joyanna M., Lily Bell, Jennifer Patterson, Aquamarine Space Unicorns

“In order to discover truth, art has to push into unexplored territory.” (An Interview with Human Kitten)

“In order to discover truth, art has to push into unexplored territory.” (An Interview with Human Kitten)

Take a crucial idea, distill it down to its skeleton, and then just let the listener project their own flesh onto it.

Art, Interviews, MusicKate WilsonOctober 7, 2018elijah llinas, human kitten

In This Gentle Light, Be Reminded of the People You Miss

In This Gentle Light, Be Reminded of the People You Miss

Consider yourself the moon’s caretaker, and you will understand how I felt on that hill.

Art, Music, Personal EssayHana WidermanSeptember 6, 2018mitski

“The painting needs to be alive.” (An Interview with Allen Forrest)

“The painting needs to be alive.” (An Interview with Allen Forrest)

I’ve learned from music to feel something in your gut. Then you know what’s what.

Art, Music, InterviewsChristina ImMay 18, 2018allen forrest

“Dreams are my sustenance.” (An Interview with Alexandra Eldridge)

“Dreams are my sustenance.” (An Interview with Alexandra Eldridge)

"Truth is paradox," says Henry Miller. I choose to embrace both the dark and the light… the creative tension of the two.

Art, Interviews, MusicChristina ImNovember 30, 2017alexandra eldridge, antony and the johnsons, arvo pärt, henry miller, leonard cohen, sigur rós, william blake

“Words sound so much more beautiful when sung.” (An Interview with Hunjiya)

“Words sound so much more beautiful when sung.” (An Interview with Hunjiya)

Honestly, I feel that with every song I write, I learn something new about myself.

Art, Interviews, MusicChristina ImOctober 6, 2017hunjiya