#thingsicollected

[thingsicollected]

today on my newsletter, i’m diving into the well-deserved success of Telfar, what the shopping bags signify for Black luxury fashion, and the complicated sustainability question of why i might not buy another one (even though the collector in me wants a large one to complete the set). link in bio!

[thingsicollected]

~electric hair~

today, i wrote about the musical hair, the 5th dimension medley of “aquarius/let the sunshine in,” and the time i found an electric version of the musical’s score featuring the moog synthesizer. this whole narrative really came full circle due to my childhood experience with musical theatre (more on that later).

these photos were taken after i washed and twisted my hair and reminded me of when i was younger and wore colorful banded ponytails all over. so much synchronized inspiration here. my mind is a maze sometimes.

https://shante.substack.com/p/electric-hair

electric hair

"this is the dawning of the age of aquarius"

[thingsicollected]

today on my newsletter, i wrote about my style evolution and musical exploration and how that directly relates to this sweater. i also shared a playlist relating to the recent new moon. link in my bio 🤍

[thingsicollected]

i’ve collected a lot of things in my 26 years. memories, objects, ideas, identities, phases — you name it. over time, some things have been shed and left behind while others have remained.

this is my introduction to things i collected, my very own newsletter. i started this to make space for the experiences and moments i have always wanted to speak about, but haven’t quite found their place in traditional media (at least not from someone who looks like me). i wanna talk about things like my deep love for psych rock, my guilty pleasure tv shows (which to be real, is less guilt and more pleasure for me), and being a mystic all within the same platform simply because i can.

~i’ve always been the one to want to tell my friends about the cool things i’ve discovered~ 

i’d say i’m pretty resourceful, but what good is all this knowledge if i don’t share it with the people? no two of us have the same lens, so i invite you to take a peek into how i see the world.

check out shante.substack.com

[masakiaraya]

Captain’s log, supplemental... 42/ 365 Part Two: ‘Things I Collected’, originally sung in Japanese by Amuro Namie, written by Dallas Austin & Debra Killings with Japanese translation by Junko Kudo, appeared on Amuro’s Genius 2000, released in 2000.

The song reappeared, in 2005, in the Diary of a Mad Black Woman soundtrack, covered by R&B singer, Tamia, with English lyrics, quite possibly written back in the day, but didn’t the see the light of day until Tamia’s version. While the English verses are subpar, and the retaining the same English chorus that from the original version and new arrangements, Tamia gives a stunning vocal performance.