Weekend Guide: 02.26.2021

Digital -> Physical

That act of bringing something from the digital world into the physical world is laborious. It’s difficult and messy work. Emails flying back and forth. Ideas. Money 💰.

I’ve started conversations with someone to help me format my poems into something that could/may resemble a zine/book. I think about it as an artifact. What would it look like on a coffee table?

The words I write are my distorted memories. You’ve got yours. I’ve got mine. They likely won’t hold any meaning to anyone but me. But. I always feel the urge to leave something behind - a trail of breadcrumbs for anyone interested.

With that, i’m feeling emotions that I never felt prior to releasing music. Trepidation. Fear of what? I don’t know. Either way, sometime in the near future you will be able to hold some of my writing. No one asked for it. I do it for myself. It’s selfish, I know!

Now, we enter to book talk portion of the guide 📚

I finished Luster by Raven Leilani. I dug it. It reads quick and follows a young woman struggling to get by in New York. It checks all of the NYC boxes. ✅

• Shitty paying job

• Roach infested apartment

• 2 AM trips to Duane Reade

• Sex with coworkers

• Dreams of being a *capital A* Artist

I’ve read this book 100x times.

It gets interesting when an online fling with an older, married man gets real, very fast. Their bridge and tunnel romance goes full suburban when the main character moves in with the older dudes family. Hilarity ensues.

Their digital to physical transition doesn’t go as smoothly as anticipated.

This one is pretty buzzy. It feels like a young persons Instagram. No shots! Colorful. Superficial. Wanting. Empty. But, it’s almost impossible to avert your gaze. I say this with peace and love.

Has anyone else read this? I would be curious to hear some takes. Send some positive energy in the comments. As always, let me know what I should be reading.

I have some interviews lined up in the coming weeks with some great readers/writers. Keep it locked. Enjoy the weekend.

Peace and love.