Read moreI’ve been thinking a lot lately about medium. Increasingly, our culture encourages artists to niche down, and down again, to the farthest possible point—always prioritizing entertainment above all else. From my perspective…this practice often feels antithetical to the art itself. Ultimately (for a lot of artists, I think), the medium is ideas, more than any […]
Read moreI have a hypothesis… It’s a hypothesis about human connection – about what it takes to be a more connected family of humans. In a decidedly unscientific manner (artfully methodical?), I’ve been gathering data and conducting research for years—looking for patterns, drawing tentative conclusions, codifying loose procedures. I’m not sure how to tell you… This […]
Read moreBleed in Color is out tomorrow! I wanted this song to be a specific nod to Pride for this record, but since I’m not LGBTQ+ myself, I wrote from the personal experiences I have with my own colors being muted. When I wrote this song in May of 2020, I had been “no contact” with […]
Read moreThe Hallowed Wide is a study in empathy, perspective, and understanding, so it felt important to me to include a song with arms open specifically to the LGTBQ+ community. Soooooooooo many of my dearest friends throughout my life (and a huge percentage of my most darling, heart-changing students) have been LGTBQ+. My first experience with […]