Above: Summer Stormy skies. Nothing like a good old castle to romanticize your life
Lost and found
Hello my sweet friends, How is your Summer so far?
Thanks to those of you who have reached out to me... I've not gone anywhere... but I took a step out from all socials to tend to my health. And that's precisely something I love it here, probably all the conventional socials have made me invisible as creators are enslaved to algorithms these days... either you post every day or they make you disappear but a rest was needed, and a rest was taken. And I'm glad to know that doesn't happen here on Hive. I'm still not out of the woods and as I've hinted in previous posts, though not ready to share many more details, it's been a journey of acceptance and trying to adjust to a new pace of life (for now). So here some recent pictures, thoughts and also happy to say I'm back recording music again :) and very inspired. I wish I were faster, it's somehow "frustrating" but if only, I am learning to be more indulgent with myself and just hope you're happy to find my posts after the breaks. If you don't mind I want to be more candid with my hive posts from now on and maybe not having to wait between song releases. So intending to share more instead of focusing only on releasing the videos and music but more about how they get them being made.
All pictures in this post are mine and from June, 2023, right before the fields turned golden. Castles, summer storms, flowers and fields.
There'll be many days without blue skies but...
We have had a great deal of storms and in some of the photos, a storm unleashed and we had to run for the car right after they were taken. It is incredible how weather can change so swiftly from the scorching Summer heat to a hailing storm. Oddly enough I love storms... they're recurrent in my dreams... I even wrote a song about them once. It's here if you want to listen to it. It's basically about "daring to face the storms" and reminding ourselves that pouring rain is needed.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1zo5ZYglB4U2cXfel154Kx?si=4c6d1f7bb7bc43af
And every spirit is unrest but when the tempest wakes I'll be spreading my seeds as I travel with the winds
Still as I feel I have not been in the mood for dressing up or filming videos, it was really nice to dress up, and with the bold intensity of red, feel a bit of the spark of my feeling "myself" again :). There is always a fiery intensity to this colour so I like to wear it when I want to feel emboldened.
I have filmed several videos in this place all through different seasons, so even though I don't know when I will complete this one, all these photos are also sneak peek of a forthcoming music video (I will film later on in Winter, when the place gets bleak and misty). I want to show the contrast, lively and muted. Pretty much this contrast represents two halves of myself.
Embracing the duality of myself has been my life journey but as I have written for one of my forthcoming songs
There's no need to tear apart. Dreams are silver... neither black nor white
And as I always say... ghosts come in every shade (I'll make a separate post about that ;-)). I like to veil myself as a ghost in different settings and colours.
My music studio is working again so back to creating music
Also happy to say my music studio is working again. My interface broke and I was forced to upgrade gear and software, so that stalled things a little but already back recording and singing which is my comfort and grounding. The pause I've been forced to take has only reminded me how much I love creating and sharing. Sometimes changes are stressful but turn out to be a good thing and unleash new inspiration. I have to say my inspiration has never faltered... I'm just going "slowly" but as I always say, doing your best has to be enough.
And here maybe not a very flattering picture of myself but a "real me" make up free, sweating in the hot home studio but doing what I love the most... composing. And grateful for it.
So stay tuned for new music! :) and won't be long, uploading a new vide (after quite some while) this forthcoming week.
So talking about the two halves of myself, this is me most of days... maybe not so fancy, or romantic... but with renewed motivation to create music.
I feel I've been spinning on a spiral for a little while... but even in the turmoil and the spinning there's something I can rely on and hold on to. And as uncertain as everything can be, in the ever changing flow of life, having that "constant" can be like the North Star in the sky.
So I get lost...
but I always have a star to guide me
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