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i just think it’s incredible how art can touch people and become facets of their identity... human beings’ capacity for empathy and honest, open understanding is astounding to me sometimes

everyone has a movie or a song or a book that they hold in their heart and can say “if i hadn’t experienced this piece of art at this specific point in my life i would not be the person i am today” and it’s just kind of beautiful how someone can create a piece of art that means something to them and share it with the world, and that thing can literally change another persons life... it’s so uniquely human and so. intimate i think

When Adam bit the apple he did it because he trusted Eve. Because he loved her. Adam bit into the apple because the woman he loved told him to, no matter what God said. No matter the rules of heaven. What’s heaven to a woman’s love anyway? What’s God to your wife? The first sins of humanity, were trusting others. Eve trusted a snake, Adam trusted Eve, and I trust you. Maybe that’s a sin, just like the first couple. Maybe everyone’s right about us and we’re sinners and we offend God. But like I said, what’s God to a woman’s love anyway? What has heaven got that I can’t find sitting next to you on a cool autumn morning?

The rise of sea shanties is indicative of a desire to come together and sing during a time when we are apart. The shanty is by its nature welcoming of all, inviting people of every vocal range and skill level to join in. Unlike choirs, there is no overt religious component to the shanty, allowing it to be a truly unifying form of music. In this essay, 

*deep sigh* *takes off my cowboy hat and plops down into the dirt* *starts filling my cowboy hat with little rocks* feelings, hunh…