hi, i’m nuri. this is where i’ll post things i’m working on (when i remember to) — whether its music, or musings, or fiction, or video, or live events, or whatever comes next. if you want to follow along, it’s free, or you can choose to pay. you don’t get anything extra if you pay, but you help support me to keep doing the things, and i appreciate it. 💕

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trying to get the brain gunk out
maybe i’ll actually write something now.
dance with me
every single day for revolution, like it seems nuri every single day for revolution, like it seems nuri

i need to do some updating

this is (one of the things) what’s gotten me stuck in the past. i published this site and i already feel like i need to make changes. my, for lack of a better work, “practice” is not necessarily what i thought it would be, and i can see it shifting.

i feel like i should go with that flow, but also without letting go of the things that give me joy.

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another queer art party
every single day for revolution, like it seems nuri every single day for revolution, like it seems nuri

another queer art party

fresh off the heels of completing another queer art party, i feel gratitude this morning. for community. for connection. for my liberty, at this moment, to commit myself to this work.

I woke up this morning, gently, to the sound of rain and the smell of petrichor, a gentle breeze blowing over my bare skin, and it felt like a gift from Mother Nature, Mother Earth, from the wind, from whichever, any and all aspects of the Divine.

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every single day for revolution, the paint dries eventually nuri every single day for revolution, the paint dries eventually nuri

booking is fun (not really at all, i hate it)

as i've mentioned in previous posts, i haven't performed publicly in some time.

the last time was for a holiday benefit show in 2015 (we use the euphemism "holiday" to refer to the dominant Christian "holiday season" — but it was really a Christmas concert). we played one song. written expressly for the "holidays."

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the paint dries eventually, every single day for revolution nuri the paint dries eventually, every single day for revolution nuri

whoops

i meant to share my last post today. that is, i was trying to be good to future me and schedule something ahead so i wouldn't have to think of it — in the hopes that i could keep staying ahead of it so i don't wind up with big gaps like recently (to be fair to me, seemingly losing my entire audience was a bit demotivating, but also, this isn't about audience so — whatevs), but then i hit the wrong button and published it immediately.

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lights in the darkness nuri lights in the darkness nuri

more on marai (finally), part 5

hiya! now that i have zero paid subscribers, i have even less idea who's been visiting and reading this blog / process / shitshow. over the weekend i was thinking how i really would like to get back to this story, so i figured i'd continue sharing it in the hopes it would spur me to keep going. if you want to see the whole thing i've shared so far, you can visit this collection.

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every single day for revolution, the paint dries eventually nuri every single day for revolution, the paint dries eventually nuri

i was gold

I decided to type this on my phone because reasons, and I was gonna make the title "I was good," but I kind of liked the weird autocorrect.

Maybe that will lead somewhere, maybe not.

But I *was* good. I practiced. I added on to a song snippet so I may even have some new new material for the first show I've played in nearly a decade.

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