11/4/2023
Los Angeles
Dear Friend,
Tori is tearing apart of piece of sourdough toast. She’d dipping it into potato soup. My tongue can still taste the yellow pepper and hummus I just ate. We’re taking our snack break. We’re on day two of producing a new song. I’m only in LA for the weekend, four days, but by the time I get back on that airplane to Seattle, there will be a brand new song in the world!
We began the creative process by lounging in Tori’s living room. Candles flickering, her meditation frequencies were playing on the speakers, the baby kittens were jumping all over us. “What should we write about?” We asked each other. How about sisterhood? How about we make a song that’s a celebration of how creative women support each other’s artwork? We see each other’s dreams and visions. Let’s sing about this journey we’re on together. We completely understand what the other is feeling and attempting to bring to life.
We dimmed the lights and brought out our journals. I heard her pen scratching on the paper. My own page filled up with images of mermaids and fairies. She’s a forest creature. Mushrooms decorate her home. She asks me questions about the ocean. Have you swam with the sharks? YES. What did you write on your paper?
I’m seeing a crystal cave. I imagine a mermaid swimming to the cave. Waves splash up. The forest fairy comes to meet her. Ouuuu yess….. I see it. There’s moonlight! The fairy could have twigs in her hair and she pulls them out like drumsticks and starts beating on the crystals. They could be on separate journeys and they come to the cave to recharge! Once upon a time these two mystical creatures met up in a crystal cave to share their stories with each other.
We spent all night writing lyrics.
Love & Rainbows,
Cha Wilde
