Blog — Half Mystic

When she was younger, my grandmother danced cour for a local ballet company.

I meant melody & strings, rhapsody & joy. Like wall barley, crumbling naked at a touch. An open sky.

I hear melancholy in it as well as contentment, but different listeners will hear different things.

Songs for the Grazioso Issue (a selection)

& of course, being Half Mystic, how could we share Issue IV without a playlist to get you in the mood for it?

I have stumbled into so many of the loves in my life.

Preorders are Open for Issue IV: Grazioso

The grazioso issue is full of the rare kind of light that never drowned anything, the kind of light that knows only song.

Announcements, MusicTopaz WintersOctober 16, 2017

These pieces sing & swoop & soar with movement, & we’re so pleased to honour them with our 2018 nominations:

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

To Trade a Throat for Song

Call this bridge, meeting place. Call it, mosque. Call it, and it will call back.

Lake Song

When night came, we were shepherded inside. Too many animals. Too many hungry trees.

Music, Personal EssayDanie ShokoohiSeptember 17, 2017