photos in time

Hello all-

I’m preparing for an event next week wherein I will share photos that inspired some of the lyrics to the song “Temple”- I know I alluded to them in April but I didn’t properly put lyric to photo. Actual photos (my mom working in Laos for the South Vietnamese embassy) directly inspiring literal lyrics hadn’t happened before and hasn’t happened since so let us mark the moment in time and take the win when we can.

Look at this one/ I want you to see/ fashion was high, my hair was so long /this was maybe 73

**ok actually maybe was ‘74 but I needed the rhyme

I lost my city in the prime of my time/ mud silk and the dust of life

I was a diamond of the embassy/ It doesn't matter what I meant to be

You know I have been adored by good and kind men/ they sent their love with poetry/By day I gave grand speeches/ At night like you/We danced to be free

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**related/unrelated- my mom raised me to fear the sun as I should a righteous god and as I get older I’m trying to make her proud in this way as well, not just through my refusal to live in one place for over 2 years.

Hidden Girl Summer Re-Cap:

yours,

t

ps. Do you have a photo of your life you’d like to share with us in the comments? By ‘photo of your life’ I mean one that carries the gravity not only of the memory but the stubborn energy of something more to be done. These photos of my mom hovered and whirred in my consciousness for over twenty years before I found the right way to honor them. Perhaps sharing can help jog or activate the thing you need to mark/ create around.

Or if you just want to share how you protect from the sun that is also extremely welcome.