August 2011
3 posts
Circles
I find you afraid.
Stop staring so fiercely into the mirror that is meant to be dimly lit.
July 2011
14 posts
Where is my love?
“where is my love?”
It was an 8 Bedroom house.
Decorated kindly with Flowers, art that told stories, and comfortable furniture.
“where is my love?”
Each room breathed life, yet all visitors ceased to come save the local cleaning women who came every other Wednesday.
And the Diligent Florist Who came every Thursday to trade the wilting flowers for a new fresh and...
wait out the days
It was a little funny, but mostly sad.
The record spun at the wrong speed, but he lay on the floor unmoved to change it.
“When Memory is a blank page, and the teeth in you mouth are all cliches.”
Most of his body felt like cooling tar on a stagnant night.
All except his knees.
They were banging back and forth as would a palpitating heart.
It was a little funny, but mostly...
lypophrenia: a feeling of sadness seemingly without a cause.
drapetomania: an overwhelming urge to runaway.
escapism: a mental desire to retreat from unpleasant realities through fantasy.
wanderlust: a desire to travel, to understand one’s very existence.
dysania: the state of finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning.
sanctuary: a small safe place in a troubling...
Holocene
I lay them out one by one in the back seat. The stories I wrote to hold onto you. Its not to forget. Its not to let go. I roll down my front windows. One or two fly forward and out on to the blurring pavement. One or two. That is all I’m ready for. Its a little bit like glass. But slower. A cracked mason jar. Usable. unusable. You choose. You hold on too long and it shatters in your hand....
She is Truth
My momma says,
“little hummingbird, you are loved.”
I believe her.
“oh, I just love you.
I just do.”
– Dear and the headlights
“Some nights I think a hand in mine would fix things. No, not just any hand.”
stewbottalborg asked: do you have any other recordings? I love Ravens, but maybe 11 tracks isn't enough...
woahwoahwooaahhhh
Just to clarify-
I don’t answer superrr personal questions in my ask box… especially anon. ones….
Who are you people??!?! I probably love you anyways :)
off to go jump in the coldcold ocean :)
June 2011
12 posts
Anonymous asked: I remember your goodnight texts. Miss those.
Anonymous asked: I am sure you don't even know how kind you are. Thank you
Everyday you open a mailbox to find it empty.
sincesheleft:
with each day that passes it’s either more, or less likely that her letter will arrive for you.
hightechprocrastination asked: Your bridal shower post is absoutely beautiful! I completely agree :)
nathanchristophr:
If, during the confusing and transitional years that fall roughly between the ages of 19 and 30, you don’t seriously contemplate the meaning and importance of your tiny existence on this planet to a somewhat excessive and existential level, there is something wrong with your brain.
Anonymous asked: I've seen you eat alone at Cafe Delirium several times. Why are you always alone?
shorter than a short time.
Tonight at the Bridal Shower for my best friend we all went around and said how we met Bethany. It gives me a funny but amazing feeling to think back when I met her at 14 years old. Both of us a little less innocent than we should be, both lacking a bit of common sense, and both unknowing of the true value of friendship. We became inseparable instantly. And it really does seem like yesterday...
They Get you Good.
someone posted the lyrics to Jimmy Eat World Praise chorus. And I was like….
YEA.
May 2011
7 posts
Why you Shouldn't worry when my eyes water at the...
I spend a fair amount of time feeling existential about the human heart. Not just the ways we overcome such immense pain, but the fact that we feel pain at all. And after all of this thought I have to be Happy about it. How brilliant of a design that Pain is never in vain if we don’t let it be. I see people Look at me and cock their head at my innocence and optimistic ways. Even Nathan...
stacccy-deactivated20111213 asked: Holly I hope you can make it out to New England sometime to perform! I will be right at the stage singing along to every song :)
April 2011
3 posts
March 2011
5 posts
The things i write music about, honestly.
I question everything and tell no one. I am dishonest with my self and often often often blinded by love. Anger scares me. really scares me. I always wish everything would just slow down. I feel heavy anxiety and isolation in groups. I want to be romanced in every way. I have a passion for flowers and chocolate and kind delicate words. I do not like brash. I do not like sarcasm. I am afraid of...
February 2011
2 posts
“It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via foreverflourishing)
Truth.
January 2011
15 posts
And Its official...
Went to Powell’s Today and bought four new, yet old, books. If it wasn’t official before (as I took some of my prettiest books off my shelf for a coffee table display to make more room) Its official now… I have no more room on my bookshelf! Time for a new Book case.
Here is one i’m really loving from Target. Its a 5 shelf book case.. I can’t quite decide between a...
Music, must travel.
proud to say my album has reached at least 18 states in the U.S. as well as Canada, Australia,Mexico,New Zeland And the United Kingdom!
This may seem like a small portion of the world… (roughly 1% haha) But I am so excited, and so flattered the album is making its way across the states :) My Goal is to soon have my album in every state in the U.S.!
Here is the list of states that...
A Musician In Motion.: Holly Ann - Ravens →
frasercoker:
So this is my first album review, and the first record I bought this year by Portland singer songwriter Holly Ann. Ravens is a solid release from this upcoming songstress and was a delight to listen to. With a voice similar to that of Regina Spektor and Mindy White, Ravens is a great 11…