Frida Kahlo And Chavela Vargas

i don't pay attention to the world ending. it has ended for me many times and began again in the morning.

― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt

"Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!"

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

God is the only reason I made it this far.

Desires, memories, fears, passions form labyrinths in which we lose and find and then lose ourselves again.

Bernhard Schlink (via quotemadness)

#Quoteoftheday

Pride 2022 09/30: Chavela Vargas

Singer Chavela Vargas was born in Costa Rica, but left at 17, making Mexico her home. Chavela put a lesbian spin on traditional Mexican music, beginning her career busking and singing in bars, and eventually going on to tour throughout Mexico, North American and Europe.

According to Chavela, in the early 1940s, she met artist Frida Kahlo, and the two soon began a relationship which though short-lived, Chavela remembered fondly. Chavela credited Frida with increasing herself confidence, and helping her to be herself.

Chavela Vargas came out publicly as a lesbian when she was 81, and debuted at Carnegie Hall two years later.

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[Image descriptions: black-and-white photo of a young Chavela holding a guitar; Chavela singing onstage in the later years of her life, with her arms outstretched and wearing a black and red poncho]

Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

4AM THOUGHTS

feeling very inspired right now. I woke up at 3am randomly but i remembered that i hadn’t listened to Meek Mill’s new album yet so i got out of bed (while trying not to wake my daughter) and went to the bathroom to listen. and i listened to every word all the way thru and it left me inspired writing this at 4am. I also read this article about things i should avoid as an aspiring artist and i realized i do 3 out of the 5 things. Holding my work hostage, Not Being social enough, and finishing my Art halfway and then abandoning it. I gotta work on these things.

The whole “being social” thing was never my thing but lately i have been making attempts to do so, sometimes i’m left disappointed and others i am left surprised! It’s cool when you meet another creative who can relate to most of the things you go thru. As Far as finishing my Art goes.. i tend to not finish my art when someone doesn’t feel the same way about it as i do. I tell myself “ok well this isn’t worth anymore of my time, thank you.. next” (lol i like that song) And then i start on something new and repeat the same thing. Fun fact tho… i remember playing “Don’t” for like 5 people before it came out and nobody liked it how i liked it. So i deleted it from soundcloud. lol Shit as a matter of fact i remember when i played my first album Trapsoul to Fader and a couple of other Blogs or whatever and it was straight crickets in the room. 🦗🦗🦗i was like wow this shit is trash lol

Anyway, i know this is getting kinda lengthy but i say all of that to say this… believe in your “trash”.

Ok 4am Thoughts end now, gotta take Harley to school in a few hours. 💤💤💤

“I don’t care where it ends, let it begin.”

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Frida Kahlo & Chavela Vargas. Photo by Nickolas Muray, 1945

"Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing." ~ Frida Kahlo

Exchange by Bryson Tiller will always hold an exclusively special place in my heart. Currently patiently waiting for Serenity