Stay

“To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the world—impartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito.”

― Charles Baudelaire, The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays

you can be too good
at too many things
there’s an advantage to specialization
even if it’s writing sad songs

feeling sort of down and stuck in a rut. she throws on some jazz music, the john coltrane pandora station. you never think you’re going to be that person getting down around the holidays, she thinks. but there she is. feeling down, days before thanksgiving. charlie brown pops into her head. maybe for obvious reasons. the thanksgiving special. he’s an old soul. though the hand drawn aesthetic speaks to a certain childish quality, there really wasn’t anything youthful about charlie brown cartoons. the accompanying jazz scores certainly didn’t help.