Last night, Norah Jones shared on something along the lines of letting her music speak for itself. I’m making the assumption that the story we create about her songs, isn’t actually the lessons she got from it or the lived experiences she had. She said something on how ‘sharing what things mean to her w/ people isn’t for her’ Don’t quote me if that’s exactly how she said it but it’s something I’m not sure I quite connect w/ because I’ve found when I create, I am very literal. I dont need or want to be mysterious about it. All of this makes me think so much about our relationship w/ fame, & how social media tends to be a parasocial item. How so often we feel like we know people better than we do because of how they share online, or even more how they share their art But, I want to live life where I get to share nuggets online at times & that gives others the permission to do the same. Yet w/ age, I have come to find that I’m more private than I ever thought I would be. I like that about myself, now. But what I also love is my vulnerability, it’s an expression to me Norah noted that music is vulnerable. I tend to agree. It made me think about the work I do, & how I show up to live. Creating something u believe in, care ab + love is vulnerable & not everyone has to understand it. I am having a hard time right now navigating the work I do because it feels so personal to me which is vulnerable. Anyway, tonight I took myself out - like really out. I am the richest woman I know. I have everything I need. & everything else I want is on its way to me. I cannot believe tonight I sat front row at Norah Jones w/ 100 other people, & then afforded myself the pleasure of my own company & had a seafood platter w/ a cocktail. I love nights like this, where u can smoke cigarettes on ur walk home & no one will know, where u can weep in the corner w/ ur journal at a dark bar, & where u can open up urself enough to connection w/ beautiful strangers It felt good hear the conversation w/ @norahjones & @carmelholt. I respected how Norah shared. It reminds me to be the woman I am & not worry about how others will receive it.