Tyler Knott: I Believe

tylerknott: There are certain and altogether unalienable threadsthat tie me together and are wound so tightly aroundeach other that they create the framework for thesetired bones. The skeleton that will one day be coveredwith the skin of my experiences and the scars of longingand some ache that stains it… Tyler’s work is fantastic, but forContinue reading “Tyler Knott: I Believe”

The sun,—the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man—burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray. Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (via bookmania)

Lessons from playing “Mary Had A Little Lamb” approximately 200 times on the Bb Clarinet.

I’m a perfectionist. It’s plagued me for most of my life. Recently, though, I’ve given myself more space to allow flaws more than ever before, probably because I see the beauty, necessity, and importance of making errors. But pair my desire to be perfect with how much I enjoy being good at things, and it’s createsContinue reading “Lessons from playing “Mary Had A Little Lamb” approximately 200 times on the Bb Clarinet.”

It is so incredibly life-affirming to be loved and valued by kind, genuine, awesome people. Sometimes I think I care too much what others think, and I usually do. Other times, though, when it’s apparent that a good person sees the good in you, it’s the best.