Metaphorest

Today, I have two songs for you, both from Metaphorest. I was listening to these yesterday.

(I like them both, but I think my favorite is the second one.)

I'm still thinking about what to do next. I suppose the reason I'm interested in these songs is that the singer seems new: her name is Sarah Daly, and her facebook page says that she's working on her debut album. I think it takes so much courage to be an artist. To put yourself out there, to tell the world that what you have to say is worth hearing. Because you're going to be rejected, criticized, ignored. We all are, sometimes. So I'm always interested in new artists like Daly. And I particularly like her sensibility. (And the name: meta-forest, metaphor-est.)

Which brings me back to the question of what to do next. I think that next on the agenda are the short story I owe an editor and the poetry collection. I will need time and space for those, particularly mental space. But I already know what the story is about – I've actually been waiting to write it for a while now.

I guess the question for me is, can I be a cool young artist like Metaphorest? (I think of myself as young.) Can I be innovative, can I create things that are dark and lovely and imaginative? I think I can . . . And somehow, I need to do more than just write. You know, write stories, send them out, have them published. I want to do more than that. I'm not exactly sure what yet. But now that the dissertation is done, I feel as though the the world is all before me. I think opportunities will come (they constantly seem to be coming), and I think I'll be able to do wonderful things. I can't wait to see what they are.

I'll leave you with Metaphorest's first video diary, which I think is a terrific way for her to publicize her songs.