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Week #32: Climbing
Oct. 18th - 24th Saw a few clips from a documentary about someone who climbed mountains without a rope. He also flew across the sky with a bird suit on. After each encounter with mortality he looked to be in a state of ecstasy. “When you face death and live, life becomes so simple.” He looked off camera. To wake up is to fly. Here's my week: Writing: 9 hrs Music: 4 hrs Band admin: 3 hrs Stacking days
2 days ago1 min read
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
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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