During this precarious downtime, I started working on a music video for my latest music collaboration, PXALM, with Angel Favorite and Lee Sobarzo. Gleaning from the public domain videos from the Prelinger Collection in archive.org, I was able to find hypnotic footage that reflected the dark romantic mood that I wanted to imbue. Working on this song felt apropos as it reminded me to remain tender and that everyone is needed to crease these times of fury and helplessness.
Yesterday I felt complicated about my birthday during Corona time…During the day, I Facetimed with my family, and in the evening, I blew out the candles from the chocolate cake that Molly made for me from scratch while my friends watched from gridded screens. I felt grateful to have this moment with them while also feeling the unfathomable loss of the 731 who died in New York during the day. Words couldn’t come and a lump formed in my throat. I walked out to the dark yard and watched the moon move between the clouds and tree webs. The moon and I looked at each other wondering what we thought of all of this. Tonight is one of its closest times to the earth yet the distance is palpable…
