June prompts & fun things
The song that broke my heart and put it back together, and other fun things
Hey friends, happy July!
what’s been bringing you joy and energy this past month (and what didn’t)?
I turned 33 at the beginning of this June, and I threw myself in the lake, declaring it the summer season. I really want to make use of this summer. I went to the coast to frolic in the sun, swim in the sea, and eat all the seafood. I took a scenic train route to Gorizia just across the Italian border, taking fresh set of watercolors with me and spent the day sketching and eating tiramisu, like in my early student days.
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It’s been a tough year, emotionally. There are many things I am less nostalgic about, like being stuck in childhood dynamics, buried painful events resurfacing, low emotional states and beliefs about what’s possible for me that I thought I have already overcome. I heard this song at the closing credits of Bodkin that took my breath away and have been playing in the background ever since, as I am putting myself back together.
What have you been creating & what have you been consuming?
I’ve been listening to…
so much music on repeat. Besides the aforementioned, the new album by the eternally glorious Billie Eilish, and Mac Miller’s beloved Tiny desk concert.
I’ve been watching…
I’m
low keyobsessed with Edward Bluemel from A Discovery of Witches and was beyond excited to binge My lady Jane.
I’ve been reading…
I think I finished five books this month, including One Good Thing by Alexandra Potter and Will I Ever Have Sex Again by the comedian Sofie Hagen, which I both enjoyed. I also finally read Where the Crawdads Sing, but was very disturbed when I read the author’s background afterwards (she is wanted for questioning in a murder trial and there are parallels to that in the book).
& I’ve been creating…
this June’s Almanac
I drafted a planner and a calendar with all the monthly illustrations I am making!
If you want to, tell me something you loved lately <3