la catharsis

"the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face"

[essiequoi]

i don’t care

bc i can’t care and sing at the same time

butterflies

[essiequoi]

a l i v e

He asked me who I was.

I answered, “I’m a writer”.

“So what do you do for a living?”, he challenged.

“I don’t.”, I casually responded.

He looked confused.

I chose to settle his confusion, “I don’t do anything for the mere purpose of staying alive”

[xblkcherryx]

kiss me when you’re cumming so i know its real

[essiequoi]

PURPLE from essie quoi on Vimeo.

actors: becky foinchas + luca pironti music + video: essie quoi essieq.com

[tamper]

[essiequoi]

one long dream punctured with nightmares

[essiequoi]

purple (promo) from essie quoi on Vimeo.

[essiequoi]

Desire or facility increases as an activity proceeds

[omgitsanotherteenager]

[essiequoi]

a word to those people who consider themselves “anti-love”.

lovely.

but... the more you talk about how against love you are, the more it sounds like you’re craving it. the more it sounds like you’re unhappy.

i can only say that bc i’ve been there. i was younger and angrier and lashed out at the things i couldn’t understand.

maybe being anti-love is not a problem at all, as long as you still got love for yourself.

[essiequoi]

one more week on the east coast.

neva been happier. 

[unrealray13]

[pentauroi]

Unknown artist

[myborderland]

Alec Soth, Dog Days, Bogota

[buttonpoetry]

Let me make chords with what comes from this blood.

Aaron Coleman, from St. Trigger

Aaron’s Button Poetry Prize winning chapbook is available here!

(via buttonpoetry)

[essiequoi]

people keep hinting towards the fact that i’m too emotional.. that i’m too “easily annoyed”.. that perhaps the “right” way to be is unaffected, devoid of emotions, easygoing, always laughing. i can’t reduce myself to such a stale way of being. i’m moody. i’m mercurial. it’s what makes me who i am and it’s what makes me a musician, an artist/ i could only see myself being so cavalier if i didn’t care any about my art. but for something that i’m so passionate about, i will always remain emotional. i will always remain affected. i guess it's something you can't really explain to anyone. either they feel it or they don't. either they understand you or they don't. no point in trying to paint a picture for the blind.. i take this shit very seriously because it’s all that i really have in this world. friendships, romance, adventure, self-indulgence, all of these things are material and can fade away in an instant. my art is the only fire that keeps burning and can never be put out i will ALWAYS keep my emotions on, because the moment i turn them off is the moment i’m dead. it’s the moment i’m no longer interesting. it’s the moment i no longer have anything to write about.

[essiequoi]

friends (à Chapel Hill, North Carolina)