Anomaly (MFA Grad Recital 2022)
Happy New Year Anomalies. 2025. That has a nice ring to it.
Now if everyone in my entire network of loved ones (yes, that includes all of you Patrons) can become insanely rich and live forever, wouldn't that be something?
Coming up on almost three years ago, my CalArts MFA Grad Recital still fills my heart with joy when I come across the video. The closing song, Anomaly, the theme of the recital, my upcoming album and alter ego all encompass a feeling that I've felt my entire life...that I am from somewhere else. I always marched to the beat of my own drum even when I tried so hard to fall in line. I felt alone in that but having this Patreon makes me feel a part of something greater which makes me feel less alone and more connected with all of you. Thank you.
The music for Anomaly is based on the video game Shinobi: Statue of Liberty. I love the way this song turned out and can't wait to release it. Playing it live was a dream come true because of the string parts that CalArts' teacher and master cellist Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick helped me notate. I will never forget the feeling of hearing these chords played live.
The lyrics are about me and how I feel alien to the world but they are also about being a woman and about how quickly we are categorized, quantified and objectified. We must be everything to everyone at all times and that is impossible. We live in a patriarchy yet we are women. I believe that to be a woman is to be somewhat magical. We are that which cannot be defined: otherworldly, anomalies, supernatural beings living in a world that was not made by us or for us. I might just have to put that on my request for a raise this year at one of my day jobs.
Outside of Patreon and my album, I don't know where 2025 will lead musically. I know that I would like to play a live concert in some capacity but I also feel proud of the collection of online content that exists now and building upon that inspires me.
With Otherworldliness - The Anomaly
Anomaly
must you qualify me
can't discern objectively
always cataloging things
you don't know admittedly
how to mansplain my eccentricities
must you quantify me?
i am otherworldly
an Anomaly
supernatural being