#heading south

[uwhe-arts]

migratory birds . . . | uwhe-arts

[im-a-gremlin]

Listening to Headed North by Noah Kahan and then Heading South by Zach Bryan. Call that headed nowhere

[northwindow17]

"how does it feel to never win anything?"

[dozyisdead]

for some reason, i’ve connected Logan Sargent and Heading South by Zach Bryan. because, and i might sound crazy, Logan’s energy has changed.

and i would like to explain a bit about the energy thing: everyone has an energy, a vibe, an aura, whatever you want to call it, to me. i can feel(sense?) it when i interact with someone, and depending on how close and how much time i’ve spent with a person, i can feel when they enter a room, like i can tell it’s them specifically. some people are just like that, you can feel the energy shift when they get close or enter a room, but i’ve gotten to the point where subconsciously i can tell who is entering the room.

also, if someone has interacted with something for a long time, like a book or other object, i can feel that person’s energy as well. it rubs off on it.

pictures also happen to transmit energy. a lot of energy, actually. but that might be a me thing specifically. anyway, i’ve seen a few pictures of Logan over the past year, and i’ve also gone as far as looking at older pictures, and i’ve noticed something. his energy has changed. and i know there’s the obvious changes like the F2 -> F1 jump, the hell that is williams, the way he gets absolutely bashed by the media, and other thing. but i mean there are changes even between the pictures he posts on insta of him golfing, and then the pictures of him in Nashville.

it’s been a big shift, like i was a little taken aback by it, but it’s exactly what made me connect Heading South to him. And specifically these lines:

and he will get the last laugh if it’s the last thing he did

and

but now he’s skippin’ town and that riser’s out for blood

the shift i felt wasn’t a bad shift, but there’s something thrumming under the surface and i’m telling you it’s going to be beautiful.

but anyway, yall go give the song a listen and tell me what you think. and again i might sound crazy but it’s what i’ve felt and noticed. i’ve learned to not doubt those feeling and that the energy is not just my mind.

[johnschneiderblog]

Southbound

The arrangements and preparations are complete: anti-freeze in the heat pipes, a “smart” thermostat standing watch, an electronic monitor on the propane tank, mail on hold, Traverse mouse-proofed, neighbors alerted …

We’re more that ready to heed the call of the running tide.

After tying up a few loose ends this morning and stuffing the Impala, we’ll embark on the first leg of the journey - to Noblesville, Indiana, where we’ll spend the night with the kids before pushing on Friday in the general direction of South Carolina.

After spending one more night on the road - probably in North Carolina - we expect to get to Hilton Head Saturday afternoon.

[aud-chron-images]

[whilereadingandwalking]

Heading South by Dany Laferrière, translated by Wayne Grady, is an absolutely wild satire (that is very misunderstood in too many online reviews!) In a narrative told in interconnected short stories, a group of young Black men in Haiti leverage the racist voyeurism and daydreams of white female tourists against them. Sleeping with the visiting tourists or settled expats, the young men string the white women along, turning power dynamics on their head and gaining money and personal pride in the bargain.

As I wrote for Book Riot, "The book jumps from perspective to perspective to show the twisted mindsets of the women who are visiting compared to the young men who know exactly what those women want and aren’t misled about the biased fetishization of their desires but take advantage of it and form a new economy of sorts that’s all their own." It’s a smart, wild book that’s in turns funny, ridiculous, and dark.

Content warnings for ableism, misogynoir, racism, n-slur.

Catch my full list of Haitian literature in translation over at Book Riot!

[calvins-dad]

On the South and complicated feelings about the South as home

Trust Jesus sign; source // Coming Down; Tyler Childers // Siren Shrub; WNC Magazine // Hexie Mountains; Orville Peck // Rock City Barn - Wayne County, TN; sourced from flickr // Heading South; Zach Bryan // North Carolina Mountains // Home to Me; Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

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