11:51pm on a Wednesday

I like art that makes me emotional.

I like when I read something and I sob. Or I laugh. Or I say what the fuck.

I want to feel their heartbreak, anger, hope, elation & rapture.

I want to feel.

I like tattoos on myself of the art that is formative;

I get that art etched into my being, my skin is real estate, a tapestry of cool shit I like.

I want to form connections through time, space & human experience.

I want us all to write & learn from each other until the end of time.

One day we will all be dead;

All I will be are the words I leave behind, the work that I did, the people that I loved

but I am also made up of all the people who have loved before me, of all the people who left pieces of themselves behind for the world to keep.

I want to find someone else’s words as comfort to guide me through my life. I want my words to do the same for someone else someday.

Everything and everyone is a lesson. The art we let into our hearts has the power to imprint itself forever.

So I try to burn through life brighter. Open up and let it all in.