November 2022

My relationship with music has changed over the past couple of years. While fear, grief, and disaster have joined shitty forces, music has softened their awful blows. Here are songs, some old, some new. They help me remember the way it felt before every decision took the shape of a moral quandary, before I was a (late) thirty-something who worries about inflation, before cancer started photobombing our family portrait. That in the midst of complicated times, you can find uncomplicated joy.
 

Searching for and discovering
new and old sounds is an indefinite task.
We should enjoy the journey
 

These chunes were pulled to keep one energy in mind and it’s being calm. Now be mindful that different parts of the world will use this adjective in different ways, so there may be some songs that are a bit more progressive than others. None the less, feel free to spin these during  that ill sunrise, your favorite sunsets, the gloomy rainy days and when you just need to be in the zone. Keep hope alive, bless. 
 

A quiet mind is a healing mind.
A playlist best enjoyed with eyes wide shut
 

An art film exploring the idea
of Freedom in different forms
through a series of moving images.
 

Are you supposed to find
"the one" – and then love that same
person for the rest of your life?
 

Lawrence Agyei (b. 1990) is a Ghanaian photographer with footprints in Italy, living on Chicago's south side. Through Agyei's use of portraiture, the hidden languages held deep within the body of his subjects find comfort revealing themselves through Agyei's lens. The vibrancy, boldness, the coolness, and subtle textures of his portraits unveiled through Agyei's use of film ensures that their voices will never go unnoticed nor will they be forgotten. And, as long as Agyei has his camera, there will always be a platform for his subjects to speak their truths in the most melodic way.