“I think creating stuff is always pretty rewarding, be it a song or some writing or anything. I need to do more these days to be honest.”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in LONG PULLS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ THE MAN FROM MANAGRA
“Walk more often, alone. Go on a trip with your loved one(s) and don’t take your laptop with you. Breathe deep, acknowledge this is now and that it will not last forever.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ ZINNIA
“It's been so fun bringing the tradition of pasta making back into my life and bringing friends and friends' kids into the tradition. I find the intricacies of the ritual really beautiful - the volcano well of semolina flour with the eggs at the center, the different settings on the crank, laying the pasta threads out to dry over every chair in the house. And of course, it's so ridiculously delicious.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ TUGBOAT CAPTAIN
“I’d strongly recommend picking it up for fifteen minutes a day and just following her journey and using it as a way to channel all the anxieties that are inherent in being someone who expresses themselves for an audience.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ SPIRITCAKE
“Write more letters. Real physical recycled paper letters. Draw something. Say something.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ GOOD COFFEE
"Just be nice to people and use less technology"
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ RADICAL FACE
“Unplug every once in a while. I have found a lot of good in disconnecting from time to time. The other day, I drove to a park, and I intentionally left my phone in the car. I brought a book and that's it. I mostly didn't read. I just walked, and watched squirrels run around like maniacs while I listened to strangers argue in a language I don't understand. And it was great.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD
“I'm just loving the new Sharon Van Etten record, and I saw her show in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. It was probably the best show I have seen in 5 years.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ L.A. PEACH
“…which is essentially an unfinished essay on how to unsubscribe from every mailing list you subscribed to when you were 17.”
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ PATIENT HANDS
"I guess I would suggest that people try to take better care of their bodies. I can feel myself aging, which sounds ridiculous at 24, but I could feel myself aging even at 19."
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ PICKLE DARLING
"If you make art, pay more attention to your emotional/creative milestones and less to your financial ones. I'm never gonna 'make it big,' whatever that means, but I'm gonna get better and better as a songwriter."
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED W/ LA LOYE
"Go for walks. Eat that cake in the middle of the night. Be kind towards others but mostly be kind to yourself. Use less plastic. Do everything with love, for what is done with love is well done."