realization.

do you happen to realize just how amazing your music truly is? not too long ago, it surprised me when you said that you had listened to it for the first time in a while, but i only wondered if you knew how many times it was still being played. not only do the songs please through their shear melody and harmony, the lyrics are seductive to the soul. the words are commonplace and tossed around in a frenzy nowadays, yet the context they are used in isn't cliche. the songs have a hidden depth and meaning, that, through it all, burns like a fire against the back of my mind. although i am an adorer of music for everything it holds, lyrics make the difference between a song i love and know all of the words to, and a song which constantly plays itself over again in my head. although i can never be sure, i know you for the passionate person you are when it comes to what you love, music, and i know that i'm not inserting emphasis on the importance you intended the words to have. though they are mere thoughts and emotions, they have become conveyed as strong forces which overpower the listener and cause reflection. however, you didn't allow your talent to become caged here. the instrumental flows flawlessly. the background is haunting. haunting however is not bad. it is an eerie good, the kind that if you hear it once, you never forget it, and you never want to. it has gotten to the point that if the same chords are struck in another song by an entirely different artist, your song plays in my mind.

do you happen to realize that listening to your music causes a tranquility? no matter the situation, if i turn my music on loud so that i can forget reality for one moment, your songs are the ones i blare and sing at the top of my lungs. your songs serve as an outlet for emotion for the listener as well as yourself. strangely enough, your songs also serve as an inducer of flashbacks. the returning memories aren't necessarily the happiest of times, but they are the most cherished, and therefore cancel out the negativity felt earlier.

thank you. you have provided me with a channel through which i have the ability to further express who i am and learn more about the internal kara striving to be set completely free. frou frou spoke to what i believe best defines music as the powerful in their lyrics "music is worthless unless it can make a complete stranger break down and cry", and although i am no stranger, know you have succeeded.

the only way to complete this post is to play to another passion of the amazing artist i was referring to earlier. today was a rough day, and through having your music on repeat my ipod, i was able to drive aimlessly for hours to clear my mind, lay on the beach from eight-thirty to ten and watch the stars from the dunes, and, most importantly, take beautiful, inspired photographs. so here my best from the day, signed but unphotoshopped. enjoy fine sir, and know that i stand true to what i said long ago, john mayer would be proud.

sunset arrow.


tree.

dock.



moon silhouette.


grass.


grass - b/w.


craters.