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Week #30: Believing it
My writing coach talks about my wins as if they’ve already happened. I decided to follow her example
Oct 111 min read
Week #29: Blinking
This week I heard someone say that the best art is indefensible; there are no reasons for why it was created and no explanations need to be made for it.
Oct 41 min read
Week #28: Bravo
A trip to New York on a whim, a friend on two different stages, and closing the gap between what I say and what I do.
Sep 201 min read
Week #27: Hijacking
September 7th - 12th. Getting called out by a 2000-year-old philosopher.
Sep 131 min read
Week #11: Leaving (March 29th - April 4th)
By the time anyone reads this I will be on a 30 hour drive. This was the week before leaving on a Western Canada tour and naturally, I was busy getting it all ready. I filed paperwork, sorted merchandise, ran logistics, did rehearsals, all while releasing and promoting a new song, and working a full-time job. As the days got nearer I started to feel anxious about the less enjoyable parts of tour: crossing borders, cramped hotel rooms, missing my partner, the lack of sleep, an
Apr 51 min read
Week #10: The merry-go-round
I came into the week on a high. An album launch for my band went smoothly. By midday on Monday, 100 of our vinyl records were traveling to supporters around the world. What a privilege to be invited into someone’s home in that way. I was still riding that high when I got on a call with my writing coach later in the day. We were going over her edits on the latest draft of a story I’ve been working on since November. I had been excited for her approval since I submitted the
Mar 291 min read
Paúl Rivera Melo
Paúl Rivera Melo is a Dominican-born, Chicago-based touring musician and writer of essays and short fiction. With roots in the Caribbean, his work draws from the melodies and vocabulary of the region, while using the unique scope of his diaspora experience to craft stories of striving and survival.
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