firstly, much gratitude to twin shadow & team for asking me to open their homecoming show. i shed a year for my sixteen year old self before i went onstage the other night. i haven’t really spoken publicly on much, but to be quite honest, i want to share that these past few months have been really difficult for me emotionally. one of my closest friends passed away and i severed ties with a lot of people/things/habits which were no longer serving me. sometimes i feel like i do everything in my power to go some place or finish something then still feel stagnant. performing these songs is so healing and spiritually renewing...music is one of the last pure things in my life. in those moments, i am reminded of my own beautiful autonomy but blissfully un-alone. photos by lee alexander