A Poet, that knows it

poetry, opinions, words sewn together to make you feel something.

[la-laborista-republiko]

[music]

In our latest Music Spotlight, we’re highlighting writer, singer and performer, Ariana and the Rose. She’s released a series of singles and videos that we can’t get enough of, and we were lucky enough to catch up with her and discuss her aesthetic, advice and inspirations.

The month of May marks Mental Health Awareness month. If you could tell your teenage self about mental health, what would you tell them?

I would say that maintaining your mental health is an ongoing process. It’s never just a quick fix, or feeling like you’ve got everything together for the moment and then it stays that way forever. I think the biggest lesson I’ve learned recently is to say no to things when I feel like I need a small respite. In a world where fomo is so real, saying no in the name of self-preservation is an amazing tool.

Who and/or what influences your overall aesthetic - from your music to your style to your fashion sense?

My music and fashion is fusing a lot of different things! I’m really influenced by different cities and the street style and energy of them. Getting to travel and take in other people’s fashion and speed of life is something that bleeds into my music, visuals and personal style. Living in London definitely shifted my aesthetic and merged with the New York energy I’ve always had to make something new that never would have come out had I not gotten to spend time in both cities. I also love films, my visuals and music always pull from a cinematic quality, which is really about storytelling and wanting to give the audience an experience to get lost in. I love me some drama!

Favorite TV show growing up?  

Dawson’s Creek! :)

What’s the message you hope people take away from your newest song You Were Never My Boyfriend?

That sometimes choosing yourself means walking away and being alone will always be more fulfilling than staying in with someone who doesn’t appreciate every piece of you.  

One thing you’d never leave the road without?

Face cream and chapstick! It gets dry in those vans and venues.

You’ve already had the opportunity to collaborate with many creatives across all industries. That being said, is there one piece of advice that has stuck with you most?

Something that has always struck me is that whenever I’ve been fortunate enough to meet creative people who are super successful, in certain cases my heroes, every one of them still has a sense of wonder and curiosity. They all at the heart of it, just love what they do. You can see it in how they speak about what they make, whether the medium is music, film or theater, the length of their careers has not dimmed the fire that makes that want to create. It’s never been specific piece of advice I’ve gotten but it feels like a huge lesson to learn and take with me.

Want to hear more from Ariana? Yeah, we know you do. Check out her official video for You Were Never My Boyfriend here and then swing on over here to listen to her music (including her brand new cover of Bye Bye Bye).  

[writerky]

a color theory

i have a theory that our eyes highlight certain colors depending on our mood and overall outlook.

That's why some people are drawn to yellow sunshine and huge sunglasses and others are drawn to cloudy sea days and grey sweaters.

The people in our lives often see the same colors we're drawn too but in different shades.

all on a large color wheel of sorts.

i also believe that is why there is what some consider an "old lady asthetic" of calm tan colors and slightly pink pearls.

when in all reality our eyes see bright colors all our lives, straining our eyes but living to the fullest, that around the age of 70 when we are wise enough to find peace our eyes settle for finding beauty in the calmest of things our 20 year old eyes would have overlooked.

This is all, just a theory, i suppose.

[purplebuddhaquotes]

“There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.”

—

Albert Camus

(via purplebuddhaquotes)

[pengosolvent]

this one’s a few days late due to having a lot of doctors appointments sorry it’s  just 9 pages, and about some rats… it’s more symbolic than anything really

(it’s completely unrelated to any of my songs that have to do with “puzzleboy”) Patreon: www.patreon.com/PengoSolvent

[relatablepoetryandquotes]

via @extramadness

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“Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.”

— Alain de Botton

[jenseternity-deactivated2019121]

“Being able to express your emotions is a art not everyone can master.”

Jenseternity / some people are incapable of showing affection

[writerky]

Tinder//Your hands

i typed my response on my phone as I watched you revived my message and start to reply.

"I love that. You're cute! Want dinner, I'll buy?"

I look through your photos again and smile

i hadn't been held in more than a while.

I prefer breakfast foods if it's the same to you

funny he replies i prefer pancakes too

and i look through our messages and my heart skips in song

I hadn't been looked at in so so so long.

So I get to the diner and he's bought me flowers

looking over the menu the silence feels like hours

and then you look at me and smile and i smile back

maybe just maybe it won't be that bad

and then you talk the whole time and your hand brushes mine

and i'm taken aback from what I feel in mine

your hands are much rougher then I had imagined

or maybe it was his hands i thought of, and a new scenerio I had tried to fashion

[writerky]

Don't push

don't push, don't shove you'll get your moment dear.

don't cry, don't shiver life is not meant to be lived in fear.

Stay still, and believe that what you know is right

Stay peaceful, stay righteous and get some sleep at night.

of course don't comply with of most I have to say

Live and let live and live it your own way.

I only wish you comfort, soft kisses, and warm feelings.

I wish for all your pain, you find nothing but healing.

[writerky]

a rooftop picture

he asked me to share a place I loved, the place i thought of when I felt too much.

I showed him the window in which led me to a roof i sat on to think.

he loved it so much he kissed me and I leaned into his touch

thinking the love of my special place and me held some kind of link.

and we began to sit on the rooftop, the roof shackles bearing our foot prints as we climbed

and it became a place we shared, a place he learned to call his own.

We wrote on each other's hearts and souls, and kept the memories combined

all on this roof top on my home .

and then we parted ways. with poetry, sadness and different memories painted on our skin

and my favorite place didn't seem like mine, it was littered with kisses and crumpled poems.

Now all the stolen kisses that once were heaven changed to my worst sin

I had sold the place that made me happy, my small sanctuary, for someone who wasn't looking for me, but looking to steal a home.

[writerky]

My Self Care tricks & tips

-Buy small things that remind you to participate in self care.

For me one of the toughest things about Self care is in a slump, or in normal everyday life I forget to do it.

Here are some things I've bought:

2 house plants.

-A Yellow flower, that brightens my room.

-A prayer plant, that folds together at night or awakens in the morning.

(We're basically plants with more complicated emotions. Remember to water yourself at sit in the sun)

A soul number ring from Alex & Ani.

-Mine happens to be 3, everytime i look down at my hand I'm reminded that I'm creative, wholesome and happy. Which is a good time.

And finally I draw and tape it onto my wall. You can use painters tape so it doesn't chip the wall :)

Leave reminders that you care about yourself, sometimes it's hard to remember.

[writerky]

Mental Health Month...Should be Mental Health Year

I'm so glad we give a month of our time to people that struggle in the dark all year long.

That they get a month to spit out all their thoughts and feelings and have it praised for how strong they are.

I think it's such a positive idea, but Mental illness is a year long issue, and I hope positive, lovely posts continue year round :)

[writerky]

Sunglasses

I put on a green tinted lense and was drawn to grass

I put on blue tinted glasses and stare at the sky.

Strange how beauty differs depending on tinted glass...

But I think I know why.

He was like a pair of sunglasses, that showed me what I preferred to look at.

Showing me beauty in some things, and using the use of color to guide my thoughts.

And the beauty that surrounded me was for awhile the right path.

But eventually I found myself altogether lost.

Why were the things he found beautiful, more valued then the ones I did?

Why mute the natural things in life to cause my opinion to match your own?

We're there things more beautiful than him, that he constantly found how to hid.

Or did he just panic everytime I looked at anything but him and called it home?

I took off the glasses, and let my eyes burn. The light brighter then before.

And not one thing stood out but i absorbed the entire picture.

I wonder if I'll appreciate things the same, or if the glasses made me love them more.

All I know is that's MINE to decide, and he's already moved on to her.

[writerky]

a sharp note

you notice in the middle of a melodic performance when a singer goes sharp. It makes your face cringe as you make a small hissing noise as you inhale.

You notice when a note is sharp.

You notice when words thrown at you, through the nice and loving ones, when those are sharp as well.

they also make you inhale and make a small hissing noise, like you're being poked. And in some ways you are.

Start noticing the nice feeling of the song, not the sharp notes.