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For this issue’s feelings journey I bring you a guest playlist titled, Texture, with an album cover designed by Shannon Colón, a Designer, Illustrator, and Writer of my favorite illustrated newsletter,
.Here’s Shannon’s take on the selection of tunes:
Much like the dimension created by the oil pastels in Shannon’s cover, the title Texture hits on how, “feelings aren’t flat or linear and have unexpected terrain too.” My favorite thing about this cover is that it’s of her favorite place to listen to music and stare: a beach down the street.
When I was younger, listening to music, to me, was the activity. It was an all consuming experience. I didn’t multitask, it wasn’t just background noise while I did other things. I’d stop everything I was doing, lock myself in my room, headphones on, and immerse myself in the music by listening to albums front to back. Often on repeat while my eyes poured over song lyrics. It helped me not only connect with the music itself, but my own emotions that came up.
I don’t think most people experience music that way anymore. So if you check out Shannon’s playlist (and you should), consider really sitting with the songs and tuning into what you’re feeling. You might like it.
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Shannon is remarkable at capturing seemingly small but immensely profound and tender moments with her illustrations and storytelling. She makes those moments feel fully alive. They give me all the feels. Like this one, where she dreams of her dad eating her leftover fried rice.
Click below her illustration to see for yourself.
That’s a wrap on Sunday Candy #25!
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That handwritten note was so delicate and beautiful 🥹🥹 Took me to all the places you talked about…the little boy’s trust fall, falling and catching yourself, the flow of emotions…
Being called too sensitive prompts us to lock away those little girl parts, doesn’t it? And somewhere along the way we start taking too many precautions to ensure she stays safely hidden. That’s so relatable 🥲 Unfortunately it’s appreciated too much by the adult world. So kids don’t realise what they’re doing till much later.
What a journey my friend... reading this affected me in a way I can't quite pin down, is it nostalgia? melancholy? I've had it in my mind for the last couple of days and just think it has a bittersweet quality that I love, it makes me happy and sad at the same time (which is the description of the journey of life, in the end).
Keep them coming, people need to read stuff like this to understand themselves more.