Too the Moon & Back

you said she couldn’t sing at the grammys, so she wrote mean and performed it the next year.

you said she couldn’t dance, so she wrote shake it off (her most successful song ever).

you said she was a crazy ex girlfriend, so she wrote blank space (her second most successful song ever).

you said she was too country for pop, so she wrote 1989 and won three grammys.

you said she always played the victim, so she wrote look what you made me do.

you said she was over, so she wrote reputation.

There’s an old poem by Neruda that I’ve always been captivated by, and one of the lines in it has stuck with me ever since the first time I read it. It says “love is so short, forgetting is so long.“ 

This album is about the other kinds of love that I’ve recently fallen in and out of. Love that was treacherous, sad, beautiful, and tragic. But most of all, this record is about love that was red.

When we’re trying to move on, the moments we always go back to aren’t the mundane ones. They are the moments you saw sparks that weren’t really there, felt stars aligning without having any proof, saw your future before it happened, and then saw it slip away without any warning. These are moments of newfound hope, extreme joy, intense passion, wishful thinking, and in some cases, the unthinkable letdown. And in my mind, every one of these memories looks the same to me. I see all of these moments in bright, burning RED.

wake up early

drink a glass of water as soon as you wake up

meditate or concentrate on your breathing for at least 2 mins

visualize your goals for the day and for the future

make your bed 

do calf raises or squats while brushing your teeth

floss

dry brush

take a cold shower (or end a hot shower with cold water right after for about 3 mins)

put on lotion while your skin is still damp

cleanse, tone, and moisturize your face

apply sunscreen

drink a glass of water before and after every meal

listen to a podcast/ted talk instead of music while walking or driving

park far away from where you’re going

stand up straight

look at people in the eye when talking to them

look straight ahead when walking, not at the ground

smile at strangers

stop complaining (it’s bad for your health)

bring cash instead of credit card

track your expenses

turn off notifications on your phone when doing work

resist the urge to go on your phone and observe your surroundings more

set a timer for 5 mins when scrolling through social media and stop when the time is up

learn at least 5 new vocab words from your target language every day

exercise while watching shows/videos

read at least 10 pages every day

do tasks that can be done in 2 mins right away

drink tea

prepare workout gear the night before

jot down tasks for the next day before sleeping

write down quotes/lyrics that strike a chord

spend 30 mins on a hobby

journal and write down things you are grateful for

The Lover Journals // a personal visual representation of each song on lover

Alright friends there it is!! I finally actually started in the lover journal (and did not chicken out haha been there before) I made a spread about every song on lover, how I see each song visually, how it feels to me, including my favourite lines and some photos of loved ones and friends! I enjoyed doing this so much, I did not start a project in a while that made me feel so excited and calm, all thanks to @taylorswift who had the perfect idea to include blank pages with her album journal 💓

The folklore sketches // some of my favourite lyrics from each folklore song, accompanied with a pencil sketch ✨

For the lover album I made a journal page representing each song, for folklore I found a pencil sketch fitting! Thank you @taylorswift for writing such incredibly beautiful songs, here’s my part of passing on stories 💕

take me to the lakes

where all poets went to die

i don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you

those windermere peaks

look like a perfect place to cry

i’m setting off, but not without my muse