GRECCHINOIS
The Wrong Season
…As I was packing to leave San Francisco for this multi-city jaunt, the idea of preparing to sing Winterreise as the heaviness of a Midwestern summer was settling felt like a perversely timed venture. However, …
Looking Up
…something Krista said really stuck with me as the newscycle has sucked us into the mire with renewed vigor these past few days: "I believe that across all of our fractures and differences, most of us are walking around with hearts that are sore." …
Two Divine Images
On Blake, Vaughan Williams, and Our Fractured Moment
…But in such a bewildering moment, where the fractures that divide us seem increasingly impossible to heal, it makes me wonder: what does our “better angel” look like? As the chaos whips up more…
On Being Perpetually Late: A Love Letter to Time and Presence
…His arms crossed, he leaned over to me and whispered: “I never understand why people are late. All you have to do is leave five minutes earlier.” I looked at him and silently nodded, conceding he had a point. My concession was a guilty one: I am someone who is perpetually late for things…
Rest
...I am simply not someone who goes from sixty to zero easily. I find these abrupt descents into slowness jarring, and my mind struggles to make sense of them...
STORIES @ MUSICIANS’ JOURNAL
…This painful juggling act has become a hallmark of modern life for anyone who is “lucky” enough to accompany their parents along this final path…
THE AMERICAN-NESS OF ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE
“Today is Day 30.
I so was looking forward to writing a post celebrating the success of this 30 day challenge to write a post every day, but in the end, I am not able to do that. Instead, I feel that I need to write about the new low this current wave of anti-Asian violence has reached this week…”
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