It’s been wonderful to see everyone jumping into my writing this past week and I want to take a minute to get to know all of you, if you’re up for it, would you introduce yourself? Where are you on the map? I’d love to know what you’re curious about as someone subscribing to my Substack. What are you hoping to get out of this space and this experience with me?
I’m gonna pop back in here this afternoon, read your replies and use this a way to gather seeds for future word trees I’ll be planting.
My brother texted me this morning saying he’d read my first Substack but he made a typo and it turned the word into Substance. It felt quite apt as I know that a big reason why I’m here is because I’m so enjoying the ritual of sitting down to long-form substantial writing as I drink my coffee in the morning. I feel fed by the writers I’m subscribed to, but not in a sugar-high, quick-fix kinda way. There’s a substance to the community here and I think this place will feel even more rewarding as you all have the chance to get to know each other and I get to learn who you are and why you’re here (when you could be so many places).
If you missed the intro post, here’s where I talk more about who I am. Funnily enough, one thing I mentioned is that my writing practise will involve filtering anything of worth from my mind on a Sunday morning (my favourite time of life) and what would you know, it’s Sunday morning! So pretend there’s tea and scones, butter up and share what’s on your heart.
Reading from Cranbury, NJ a small town outside of Princeton. Your words (as your music does) stirs my spirit and sifts through what was stagnant. As a stay-at-home Mom to 3 little ones, taking a few moments of pause to read and reflect on yours words has energized me. Thank you!
So great to meet you Delpha! 3 babies? How amazing. I can imagine how busy it is to be a Mum so thank you so much for taking time out to make me a part of your weekly reflections : )
I'm about an hour north of Toronto, Canada. Father of two sons in a go-go-go type of lifestyle. Having only really discovered your music this summer it has been a whirlwind trying to play catch-up to all things Kimbra 😁. To slow things down I really enjoyed a tea this Sunday morning listening to your YouTube Like A Version, Sing Sing Studios, and Glasshaus Presents videos as I find they calm me and give me chills at different parts of the songs. Got in my car to "go-go" to the next scheduled family event when I saw and read your post and couldn't resist just sitting here reading and then writing this reply back to you. Nice to force yourself to "slow down" whenever possible which your Substack is helping me to do! Thanks for the good reads. I leave the path you take on your Substack to you, I am looking forward to seeing where it takes us all. 😊
It really does make one's soul sing. It's unseasonably warm right now here (24C) so I was able to get out on our lake windsurfing for 5 hours today. I have a smart watch that is capable of playing music through its internal speaker and so guess what I played all day to help both relax at times and give some upbeat tempo at other times during my time out there? Your 4 albums! lol. Was really a great listen out there. Rejuvenated me big time. Keep up the great work, you really are making a difference in this world with your music and artistic creations! ❤️
I sold my house in the US and am looking for how I want to flow through the world. Currently, I am overlooking a beach in El Salvador from a room I rented until December. I loved reading your writing. I like the way you write. It is beautiful and it is fun to read. I liked that you paused in your concert into silence and the beauty of connection in that. I need more things like that...that are easy to take in and speak to me. I also feel an aversion to flies in the way of short bytes on social media and write about transformation and butterflies. Your words are pictures and feelings and I like that. It feels more real. And community is a thing I think we all want to feel, and is also so lacking. Someone sent me an essay by CS Lewis called The Inner Ring. I have been thinking about that a lot and what it means to be connected and feel a part of life, without compromising myself. I wrote a poem yesterday and didn't read it at a group that invited me to dinner and asked people to bring poetry. It didn't fit the "ring" of people celebrating a birthday. Here it is, for you...as I imagine you are someone who would take it in: No time; No space; Be present; Everything existing both at once and not at all; The mind tries to grasp the divine; A white rose forms into a tiny bud covered in dew; slowly opening; unfolding; glistening; Welcoming the light into soft petals; A petal turns brown around feathery edges; Drops into the welcoming arms of the Earth; It looks like time to the mind; But every moment is simply love; That pulses bigger and bigger; Growing complexity; Expanding Beauty; That simply is; All here at once.
Thank you so much for sharing your poem. I love it. I especially love the part where you say 'it looks like time to the mind'. That's a beautiful idea. I'm happy to be part of your Expanding Beauty. I love CS Lewis' concept of The Inner Ring. I would love to write about him on here sometime.
Thank you Kimbra. I am touched you wrote back to me and took in my words. Very touched. It means a lot. I am really feeling these rings in so many ways. I wrote about it on my substack yesterday. I really don't say that to push it here...at all. The thing for me is that I told myself what I wrote was too long, too scattered, not good enough...I sweated it. I wrote something else and then sent the long thing anyway because I put so much time into it. I write here for free. It takes the pressure off to be "good" (I thought...but I do that to myself anyway). The funny thing is, a lot of people read it. I included a link to CS Lewis's article and another someone wrote about it that was so lovely. I still haven't figured out how to navigate the world and all the rings. I look forward to reading more of what you write and your take on all these things. There is an energy in words. A kind of magic. I don't know why or how it happens and some people put the magic into the words somehow, and I feel it when I read. It is rare. You do that. So thank you. And thank you again for responding to me. I just signed a contract to purchase my first property here, in a new country. It is an edgy thing...as I will flow and do my best to walk in my own circle of belonging. That is the best I know how to do right now. Along with talking to the energy around me...that my mind doesn't get and I know is real.
Here from just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Reading because as someone who struggles carrying the heavy things in life, and has struggled with SI in the past, artists like you help the sadness make sense, and lift the burden. Thanks for being here.
I don't know if there is a greater calling to the artists life than that. I would go further and say, that is perhaps the calling for us all. To help alleviate each other's burdens. Make sense of the sadness for one another. Rouse up the soul of each other's lives until the ground is ready to grow flowers again.
And in that way, we are all artists. Certainly, creators. But I feel like social media ruined the word 'Creators' so I like Artists better : )
Yes, to Sunday mornings! Padraig on Poetry Unbound also publishes then. It's my writing time...Sunday morning brings peace like water flowing down a river.
I write and read from deep in the mountains of western North Carolina, near Asheville. My Substack has evolved to lifting up the Swannanoa River in kinship, and rights of nature.
From Marin County. I had never heard of you until Substack recommended To No Applause. I was blown away at the beauty, boldness and vulnerability of what you did that night, clearly someone to follow. And to listen to :)
Live in Gothenburg, Sweden. I love your Music and I have followed you for some 10 years. Today I am celebrating my youngest daughters 1st birtday, but my oldest daughter (2 1/2 years) steals all of her birthday presents! I love reading your posts!
Kaiteriteri living in London. I’m a hybrid of radiographer in a busy trauma hospital a few days a week and then rest of the time I make and perform music with my band Ciinema. These two worlds could not be more different and sometimes I feel like an alien in each one so listening to music by the artists who inspire me and reading the words of creative humans, such as yourself, really helps me to calibrate the compass in my brain.
My band’s genre is also indie-pop and we take inspiration from your music. Our drummer was wearing one of your merch t-shirts at our first gig in this city and I must have listened to “foolish thinking” about 20 times in a row when I had a blue day recently feeling so distant from home upon hearing some bad news from New Zealand. Sometimes it feels so strange to see and experience the things I do in hospital and know how much more I could be doing if I worked full-time instead of playing music as well. But then I think about why people want to fix their broken bodies and be well - it’s so they can experience the things in life that bring beauty and meaning. Music is that for me. So I try to shut off the little flickering slideshow of x-rays that sometimes plays in my frontal lobe on the way home on the tube and write some lyrics or push play on a song by an artist like you who inspires me.
I have often voiced the sentiment that I am a storyteller/writer first (hence our band name) and really related to your first Substack post about this. I’ve mused on the fact that my day-job is being the person in the hospital who is slightly removed from the doing and fixing and instead functions to elucidate what’s already happening. Each x-ray acts to give that moment of clarity and explanation. And sometimes it just poses more questions or it can set a new direction in motion. Kind of like writing.
I also love poetry and one of my lyrical inspiration practices is to fan the pages from a book of poetry or prose until it lands on a random page. Then I read for a little while and it’s like resetting the circuit breaker creatively. That’s why I’ve subscribed to your Substack and look forward to hearing more about your creative process, reflections, and ideas. It’s a kind of digital fanning of the pages.
I looooooved reading this. You help lives in many ways. My parents worked as Doctor and Nurse all my life - I watched them impact and change lives and I vowed I would do the same. Music called me over Medicine but as you aptly put - music is medicine. So happy to have you here. Or should I say.... CHUR BRO!!!!! : )
Hi. I'm not really up for it and got nervous. But since I consider your question important and somehow urgent I'm here! I'm reading from some musical space in Poland. I do not have any hopes because I already took so much from this new Substack space. To be clear - I've got much stronger last week. Can't say that your writing is the cause, but it is the only thing that has changed for me in that time (and I know deeper that this is why). Thank you!
Hello from Las Vegas via Dublin, Ireland. I am a singer songwriter and I hold space for those who have lost their voice. I allow them to find their way back to the creative gifts they possess. I was so moved by your writing about silence after the sound. Such a gift! Thank you!
Writing from where I’m based in Los Angeles, but originally I’m a singer/songwriter as well from Brazil and Latvia. 🇧🇷🇱🇻 I really appreciate the concept of long form , because that’s where true reflection occurs. It’s so nice to pause and take the time to create and connect. I started doing this for my Patreon community too and it has felt so rewarding. 🩵
I’ve been listening to your music for over 10 years and your commitment to staying authentic and creative- and excellent- is something I deeply admire and am inspired by. Excited to learn more about you, your thoughts and also the people in this community. ☺️ Thank you for sharing another part of you with us!
Long time lover of your voice and your words Kimbra! Coming from between San Diego and Orange County both cities I’ve seen you have been life changing core memories for me. Back in 2014 music brought me and my best friend together. We met the day before your show at the Observatory OC and spent the day at Disneyland getting to know each other. And we grew together in love with a big thanks to you and your music. Your version of “I’m Wishing” is still his ringtone to this day. This year I had an ectopic pregnancy and had emergency surgery five days before your show in at the Music Box in San Diego. My husband wasn’t sure if it was the best idea but I firmly believe in the healing power of music and so we went and I was in a wheelchair for my safety and the venue made the most amazing and magical moment by moving us to see you in the front. I would’ve danced all night if I could. Thank you for always sharing your truth and creating music that speaks volumes.
Hello and good day to you and everyone else! I'm writing, listening and energizing from California, for now. I will be embarking on a personal spiritual journey soon living full time vanlife to better pursue myself, my music and happiness. I am terrified. I am going thru a breakup of my marriage due to extreme disconnect. I feel alone yet hopeful that i am on the right path towards where im supposed to be. More Hope arises that I may be able to help others with music just as you have for me. From the first day your vioce graced my space....you have inspired me and continue to do so. I was led to this space to read these words of yours and learn more of the beauty that is within the chaos. I was part of a band called Cheers Elephant. I very briefly got to meet you in LA while playing a show opening for Delicate Steve. Even tho very brief, the energy of that moment still resonates. I now pursue my own dream project musically. I am terrified. Your words, sounds and energy continue to inspire and let's me know everything will be alright. Thank you. Hope all is going well! Also looking forward to joining your songwriting course on school of music! Cheers🙂
I look forward to seeing you over there! Sounds like you are an embarking on a huge life adventure. The Universe rewards courage as they say. I hope this space will continue to be inspiration.
Hey there! I'm Raphael. I live near Chicago. A friend of mine sent me a really poor quality video of you performing in a club/bar back in '09'ish. I was impressed by the solo act and your use of tech for creating vocal loops, on the fly, as backing tracks. When "Vows" came out, I picked up a copy and was hooked. It is such a great and eclectic album. When you toured, I saw you in Chicago. That performance is still in my head to this day. I was absolutely blown away at how tight the band was and how frickin' heavy it could get when the boys broke into the extended jam sessions at the end of a few songs. You Were Electric! ELECTRIC! I have been listening to your music ever since.
I am a musician that grew up on prog rock, metal, jazz, classical and 80's pop/rock. I love that your music has familiarity but is always pushing experientially (at least from my point of view). Because I am fascinated to know what is floating around in a musician's head, when I get the opportunity to gain insight, I take it. For example, I was fortunate to meet Chick Corea a couple times and instead of asking for autographs or other fanboy stuff, I dove straight into something like "Hi. I am very curious to understand your writing process and how you were inspired to write a sing like Tale of Daring. Do you have 5 minutes to describe that?" So, you launched this substack and I joined. It might not be specific to musical aspirations, but might provide insight into how you think.
I'm an American expatriate living in Saudi Arabia. I met you briefly at your meet and greet before your show in Houston. I was so nervous to talk to you, but you were kind and generous with your time. The show was fantastic.
I'm a writer myself and I'm always looking to stumble into inspiration. I find when I surround myself with creative people it's easier to do so. I think I'll stumble into a lot of inspiration with the community you're building here.
Holy snap!! What a treat to discover one’s longtime musical inspiration is also beyond generous from the heart, not to mention *this* horrendously eloquent 🫖
Hello Kimbra and lovely folk here. I’m Eric, a jazz pianist from Taiwan/the U.S. who nowadays shares time between NYC/Berlin. It’s been a wild ride since times of lockdown — back then, I saw that for my whole music career, I’d done everything I could to avoid publishing/performing music under my own name. “This ends now”, I tantrumed … leading to one domino toppling the next, a journey of opening up and ever-deeper self-confrontations and astonishing realizations, ambling its own pace on an unusual gait.
Kimbra, it was at once heartwarming and thrilling to hear you speak about sharing your kaleidoscopic array of creations. I’m fascinated with different ways to bring people into musical experiences, most recently trying out various combinations of installation, photography, spoken/written stories … so your open invitations to the vast landscapes you’re beginning to show has a lovely seed-planting effect over here.
Aha! Sounds like you can relate to my first post, The Gift Of Disillusionment! I definitely connect to the toppling domino image and the ever-deeper self-confrontation, as you say (well put!). It's less like a line and more like a maze, or a circle.... I'm happy to have you here!
May the little worlds I explore here further illuminate your own. Thank you Eric!
Reading from Washington, DC! Very excited to drink tea and enjoy the written word with you on Sunday mornings! As always, my reason for being in whatever space you invite us into is to witness and learn from your genius, soul, and wisdom. So grateful! <3
Wow, what touching words, thank you. I love that you plan to connect the reading of my writings to a tea ritual, yes! I feel like I always 'embody' words more when I'm enjoying a hot beverage at the same time. There's something to that... the connection of a physical act with a spiritual one.... brings to mind a 'communion'! But some other examples are.... I like stretching while listening to music in my headphones at an airport terminal... or reading while walking the streets of New York (I know, it's nuts)..... Anyway, thanks for being here Emily!
Hello from Los Angeles, California! I am a computer person professionally, and a people person emotionally. I find myself drawn to art because of its expression of time and place and context and people's common uniqueness (all intentionally & unintentionally). I am fascinated by the way that people create and conceptualize their own work, and the way that they process the world around them, and how all of that intersects. And your work has always struck me as thoughtful and experimental! Which is all a very hoighty-toighty way of saying that I'm a fan of your work across media, and I'm excited to see where this all goes!
Art as an expression of time, place , context and people's common uniqueness! I love that. And yes, I also find it curious to learn how people process the world through various creative lenses. Happy my work has found you and it feels resonant.
I am Nolan from northern Michigan. I played drums in a series of failed bands during the 2000’s but eventually gave up playing music and became white collar. It’s a good living and I am beyond grateful for the blessings it provides, but my avenues for creative outlet are limited these days, so I tend to live vicariously through the artists I enjoy. I am here simply to experience more Kimbra, I adore her singing and her music (I get the impression that she doesn’t want to be fawned over in this space, well too bad because I am doing it 😉). She is a real deal voice and lyrical talent and I hope she never stops creating.
Nolan, it's great to have you here! You're right that I get awkward around fawning haha but I take this to be a lovely expression of appreciation and it's nice to know the work connects with you! Thank you. Perhaps as you live vicariously through your fav artists you'll be drawn back to your own outlets! That's how it often works for me anyway.....
My second day off in 14 days! I’m a little late to the game but here goes. My name is Elizabeth from Aotearoa, Rotorua. I decided to join you on Substack to catch glimpses of the innermost workings of THE artist/musician/producer. Inspiration is created through the connection of art and the parts that ring bells in our spirit. Being connected with writing is a skill I have yet to hone. Lyrics are a reflection of my revelations and the music, a small blue print of my emotions. The things that connect us are our shared experiences and I hope to share these with everyone.
That’s awesome! The nature of the music game is a chaotic one! Would love you have caught your last time you performed in Hamilton which I spent over a decade in before I moved to Rotorua 😊 next time I hope! Loving your Substack entries! Keep ‘em coming! And how about that ABs win 😅
From the edge of a Swedish forest (the Southern deciduous kind). I read "To No Applause" and it struck such a nerve that I immediately subscribed and now I'm starting to discover your music. There seems to be a poetry to all I've seen so far that is just what I crave for and feel at home with (and paradoxically makes me feel seen).
Kimbra! I feel so lucky to be a part of your Substack. I found your music through one of those "Free Music Tuesday" cards at the register (do you remember those?) at a Starbucks in NJ. It was for Cameo Lover. I continued to follow your music through college, and as I was feeling a lot of pain during a dissolving friendship, your Golden Echo album brought a lot of comfort to me. Your music releases always seem to magically align with a time of transformation in my life, and it has been so healing for me to engage with your music and see your journey as well.
I'm 30, living in New York now and I had the privilege to attend your Q&A at the Neue House with Oberon Sinclair. I will never forget your live performance of "The Way We Were", and I wish I had recorded it. I was too nervous to approach you that evening but just wanted to say thank you for being so vulnerable and for sharing your gift with the world. You are absolutely enriching lives with your art, and I look forward to your future writings & projects. - Colette
I DO remember those in Starbucks, haha. Isn't it amazing when a record aligns perfectly with a transitional time of life? I know that feeling too. Thank you so much for these kind words and I'll be sure to pull out that version of The Way We Were again in the future.
Hola Kimbra, my name is Rodolfo Enrique, I am from Baja California, Mexico. I've been a fan of your music since Vows, "Come Into My Head" was the first song of yours that I heard through a video game. Since then I have followed your music and I also love your poems, I have some saved that you shared on Patreon a while ago, "For I" is one of my favorites. I have also learned a lot from you, and what you share on the spiritual topic, I grew up with the Catholic religion and thanks to you I have learned to approach Dios with another lens, living with her through love and not with fear. Thanks for the posts and for the new music I love "Idols & Vices"
I'm a singer songwriter/producer. I love mixing genres and I also started out with a looper and vocals. I've been following you since i was 13, when I first heard "settle down". I have been so inspired by your craft and how eloquently you talk about it. It's been amazing to get more insight on your process through this substack, it's inspiring and very precious to me.
I recently asked you a question during the songwriter class you gave online and my wifi turned off right as you were about to answer (haha of course it did) and I wanted to say thanks, I was able to finish a song we started in the course. It goes:
I can feel the bitterness seeping into my bones
I won't set fire to myself just to keep everybody else warm.
Here it is in case you are curious (and feel like making my day) :
Your song Replay has also been.. well..on replay, and has inspired me to get angry more in my music and as a woman in general. So, I guess I just wanted to say thanks for all the goosebumps and inspiration in the last 13 years. XO, Giulia
Hello! Reading from Dallas, TX but originally from Chihuahua, México. I'm so glad I joined substack, I love reading your prose and feeling like part of the artistic process when listening to the demos and poems you share here 😬. As a burnt-out 40 year old public servant and mom to 8 precious furbabies (precious and demanding...and spoiled...and, did I mention demanding?) I welcome any time I have a chance to pause and read, I'm grateful you introduced me to substack and this amazing community. I actually met you in a meet and greet back in March before your show in Dallas, and I was star struck! My husband did all the meeting and greeting for the both of us 💩 anyway, I'm so happy to be here, looking forward to your next post/song/album/everything! 💗 Besos, abrazos, y Buenas vibras.
Hi! Kimbra! I call Sydney, Australia home. I am just so grateful to read and listen to all the words you use to express your inner world and share it with the rest of the world. I am on a journey, like we all are, and at this point of time, your words, almost in every post, speak to me in some way. thank you.
Hello, Kimbra! Celeste here of Colorado, USA!! I'm sure you get this a lot, but you're one of my all-time favorite music artists of all time (right up there with AURORA, BANKS, and Bjork) and I've been listening to your music since my dad got me your very first album way back around the time it came out. I'm also a burgeoning writer, and poetry is my love language to the world. I've only been published a couple of times so I still consider myself a bit of a baby in the creative world, but I'm always on the lookout for new things to learn to help me grow as an artist. Substack has been my latest endeavor as a writer, and I was thrilled when I saw you were here too! I'm here to read all your beautiful musings, listen to you talk about your passions (and be inspired by them), and, if possible, connect with you on what being a creative means to you. I'm still trying to get a better sense of who I am as a writer, so I'm excited to see how I can be inspired by your journey. WELCOME!!💖
Damn, you have me in high company! I'm honoured! And shout-out to Dad. My Dad took me to all my first concerts and I feel like it is such a point of connection and intimacy for us. I love that you're a poet! Excited to see if my words might birth echoes in yours.... Thank you for being here.
Oh my goodness, your reply has made my whole day!! That is so sweet about your dad taking you to concerts (I think I've been to just a few with him: AURORA, Weyes Blood, and Florence + The Machine, but that's most of the concerts I've been to in my life😄). I'm already immensely inspired by your words, so I know that whatever you create going forward will inspire me even more. Thank you thank you thank you✨
That is so amazing!! I wish I had a talent for making music (though I am a pretty good singer, I have yet to really get good at playing piano, which is my favorite instrument, and listening to music is kind of my love language anyways, along with poetry). Bjork has inspired so much of my poetry in the past, especially as a teenager when I was first introduced to her by my dad (first song of hers I ever heard was "It's Oh So Quiet"). A year later I discovered AURORA and it was like discovering I had a long-lost cosmic twin!
Amazing! I spent my life doing music and I don’t think I could do anything else. I love writing but it’s not my strongest skill. I discovered Bjork when I was 17 and expanding my musical tastes. I got into progressive metal, disco, experimental, jazz, ambient and electronic. It was an interesting time in life but all of it really forms a sonic journey of my life. Aurora I only recently discovered in the last few years, especially because she performed at the Nobel peace prize and did a cover of Massive Attack’s Teardrop (also one of my faves). I did “It’s oh so quiet” for a vocal exam 😀 I play the piano pretty alright. Trying to get up to a grade 8 level by myself but really just taking as much time as I need. My advice is to do it now if you can! It will always be there but time is always a factor and you’ll gain a lot more appreciation and understanding the more instruments you play too 😁
Pacific Grove, CA. Signing up for your mailing list years ago has certainly paid off in spades. Your tone and words struck a cord and had a familiarity that is both comforting and thought provoking. Thank you. I've been journaling and pondering more lately and like the format here so have started my own. Minimal so far, but a weekly post that is not strictly internal feels like it will work wonders for my soul. Deep thoughts, revelations, adventures and maybe even, a little wisdom, will surely follow.
It's so encouraging when we just decide to start small rather than not at all! Who knows where it will lead... I'm thankful you've been following along all these years. I hope this space will feel like a springboard for your own outlets.
Joe Auger aka jahgust…On the journey since that first glimpse in THAT video back in 2011! Hailing from Providence Rhode Island, have worked in and out of the music biz as a band member, solo artist, songwriter, vocalist, sound engineer, Producer, writer for nigh on 45 years. 21 years sober and wanting to drink everyday, (and that’s ok!), and trying hard to get through the day working in I.T. cuz that pays the bills… sort of… and affords me health insurance…sort of…Welcome to America. Trying to stay creatively relevant to myself as I have been long trudging through a drought. On the cusp of diagnosis to finish parts of my puzzle, in hopes of creating some drizzle… news at 11! Thanks for inviting us down K!
Staying creatively relevant to ourselves is a noble and inspiring endeavor! And maybe the only one that really matters in the end? Haha... Great to have you Joseph!
Hello from Sydney tho originally from Singapore. You have such a wonderful creative voice and it is an honour to participate in the expression of your energy even if it is simply to witness. Entangling as we all flow in the giant pot of universal stew. Thank you for just being.
Reading from Cranbury, NJ a small town outside of Princeton. Your words (as your music does) stirs my spirit and sifts through what was stagnant. As a stay-at-home Mom to 3 little ones, taking a few moments of pause to read and reflect on yours words has energized me. Thank you!
So great to meet you Delpha! 3 babies? How amazing. I can imagine how busy it is to be a Mum so thank you so much for taking time out to make me a part of your weekly reflections : )
I'm here because your creative offerings, whether they be in prose, rhyme, or sonic exploration, are nourishing to my soul.
They have been since day 1.
So glad you're here, Kimbra. Thank you for your continued commitment to authenticity, imagination, and creativity.
M
I am in good company with the likes of yourself, love you Brother.
I'm about an hour north of Toronto, Canada. Father of two sons in a go-go-go type of lifestyle. Having only really discovered your music this summer it has been a whirlwind trying to play catch-up to all things Kimbra 😁. To slow things down I really enjoyed a tea this Sunday morning listening to your YouTube Like A Version, Sing Sing Studios, and Glasshaus Presents videos as I find they calm me and give me chills at different parts of the songs. Got in my car to "go-go" to the next scheduled family event when I saw and read your post and couldn't resist just sitting here reading and then writing this reply back to you. Nice to force yourself to "slow down" whenever possible which your Substack is helping me to do! Thanks for the good reads. I leave the path you take on your Substack to you, I am looking forward to seeing where it takes us all. 😊
The thought that I can help with the slow down makes my soul sing. I understand the go-go very well. Sending love to Toronto! Thanks for being here.
It really does make one's soul sing. It's unseasonably warm right now here (24C) so I was able to get out on our lake windsurfing for 5 hours today. I have a smart watch that is capable of playing music through its internal speaker and so guess what I played all day to help both relax at times and give some upbeat tempo at other times during my time out there? Your 4 albums! lol. Was really a great listen out there. Rejuvenated me big time. Keep up the great work, you really are making a difference in this world with your music and artistic creations! ❤️
I sold my house in the US and am looking for how I want to flow through the world. Currently, I am overlooking a beach in El Salvador from a room I rented until December. I loved reading your writing. I like the way you write. It is beautiful and it is fun to read. I liked that you paused in your concert into silence and the beauty of connection in that. I need more things like that...that are easy to take in and speak to me. I also feel an aversion to flies in the way of short bytes on social media and write about transformation and butterflies. Your words are pictures and feelings and I like that. It feels more real. And community is a thing I think we all want to feel, and is also so lacking. Someone sent me an essay by CS Lewis called The Inner Ring. I have been thinking about that a lot and what it means to be connected and feel a part of life, without compromising myself. I wrote a poem yesterday and didn't read it at a group that invited me to dinner and asked people to bring poetry. It didn't fit the "ring" of people celebrating a birthday. Here it is, for you...as I imagine you are someone who would take it in: No time; No space; Be present; Everything existing both at once and not at all; The mind tries to grasp the divine; A white rose forms into a tiny bud covered in dew; slowly opening; unfolding; glistening; Welcoming the light into soft petals; A petal turns brown around feathery edges; Drops into the welcoming arms of the Earth; It looks like time to the mind; But every moment is simply love; That pulses bigger and bigger; Growing complexity; Expanding Beauty; That simply is; All here at once.
Thank you so much for sharing your poem. I love it. I especially love the part where you say 'it looks like time to the mind'. That's a beautiful idea. I'm happy to be part of your Expanding Beauty. I love CS Lewis' concept of The Inner Ring. I would love to write about him on here sometime.
Thank you Kimbra. I am touched you wrote back to me and took in my words. Very touched. It means a lot. I am really feeling these rings in so many ways. I wrote about it on my substack yesterday. I really don't say that to push it here...at all. The thing for me is that I told myself what I wrote was too long, too scattered, not good enough...I sweated it. I wrote something else and then sent the long thing anyway because I put so much time into it. I write here for free. It takes the pressure off to be "good" (I thought...but I do that to myself anyway). The funny thing is, a lot of people read it. I included a link to CS Lewis's article and another someone wrote about it that was so lovely. I still haven't figured out how to navigate the world and all the rings. I look forward to reading more of what you write and your take on all these things. There is an energy in words. A kind of magic. I don't know why or how it happens and some people put the magic into the words somehow, and I feel it when I read. It is rare. You do that. So thank you. And thank you again for responding to me. I just signed a contract to purchase my first property here, in a new country. It is an edgy thing...as I will flow and do my best to walk in my own circle of belonging. That is the best I know how to do right now. Along with talking to the energy around me...that my mind doesn't get and I know is real.
"it looks like time to the mind" was my favorite part too!
Here from just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Reading because as someone who struggles carrying the heavy things in life, and has struggled with SI in the past, artists like you help the sadness make sense, and lift the burden. Thanks for being here.
I don't know if there is a greater calling to the artists life than that. I would go further and say, that is perhaps the calling for us all. To help alleviate each other's burdens. Make sense of the sadness for one another. Rouse up the soul of each other's lives until the ground is ready to grow flowers again.
And in that way, we are all artists. Certainly, creators. But I feel like social media ruined the word 'Creators' so I like Artists better : )
Yes, to Sunday mornings! Padraig on Poetry Unbound also publishes then. It's my writing time...Sunday morning brings peace like water flowing down a river.
I write and read from deep in the mountains of western North Carolina, near Asheville. My Substack has evolved to lifting up the Swannanoa River in kinship, and rights of nature.
Thank you for your work.🌱
Love Padraig. I'm intrigued to read your writing. Sounds like you are using your voice for deep and important work. Peace like a river! Happy to have you here. https://open.spotify.com/track/3VBqIpJOTtauueKPLl20wn?si=dace19667279421b
From Marin County. I had never heard of you until Substack recommended To No Applause. I was blown away at the beauty, boldness and vulnerability of what you did that night, clearly someone to follow. And to listen to :)
That's wonderful, thank you for sharing that. Here's to more listening.
Live in Gothenburg, Sweden. I love your Music and I have followed you for some 10 years. Today I am celebrating my youngest daughters 1st birtday, but my oldest daughter (2 1/2 years) steals all of her birthday presents! I love reading your posts!
How I love Sweden! Happy Belated Birthday to sweet youngest daughter. Glad you have you here!
Kia Ora, Kimbra! I’m Liz, a Kiwi from
Kaiteriteri living in London. I’m a hybrid of radiographer in a busy trauma hospital a few days a week and then rest of the time I make and perform music with my band Ciinema. These two worlds could not be more different and sometimes I feel like an alien in each one so listening to music by the artists who inspire me and reading the words of creative humans, such as yourself, really helps me to calibrate the compass in my brain.
My band’s genre is also indie-pop and we take inspiration from your music. Our drummer was wearing one of your merch t-shirts at our first gig in this city and I must have listened to “foolish thinking” about 20 times in a row when I had a blue day recently feeling so distant from home upon hearing some bad news from New Zealand. Sometimes it feels so strange to see and experience the things I do in hospital and know how much more I could be doing if I worked full-time instead of playing music as well. But then I think about why people want to fix their broken bodies and be well - it’s so they can experience the things in life that bring beauty and meaning. Music is that for me. So I try to shut off the little flickering slideshow of x-rays that sometimes plays in my frontal lobe on the way home on the tube and write some lyrics or push play on a song by an artist like you who inspires me.
I have often voiced the sentiment that I am a storyteller/writer first (hence our band name) and really related to your first Substack post about this. I’ve mused on the fact that my day-job is being the person in the hospital who is slightly removed from the doing and fixing and instead functions to elucidate what’s already happening. Each x-ray acts to give that moment of clarity and explanation. And sometimes it just poses more questions or it can set a new direction in motion. Kind of like writing.
I also love poetry and one of my lyrical inspiration practices is to fan the pages from a book of poetry or prose until it lands on a random page. Then I read for a little while and it’s like resetting the circuit breaker creatively. That’s why I’ve subscribed to your Substack and look forward to hearing more about your creative process, reflections, and ideas. It’s a kind of digital fanning of the pages.
I looooooved reading this. You help lives in many ways. My parents worked as Doctor and Nurse all my life - I watched them impact and change lives and I vowed I would do the same. Music called me over Medicine but as you aptly put - music is medicine. So happy to have you here. Or should I say.... CHUR BRO!!!!! : )
Hi. I'm not really up for it and got nervous. But since I consider your question important and somehow urgent I'm here! I'm reading from some musical space in Poland. I do not have any hopes because I already took so much from this new Substack space. To be clear - I've got much stronger last week. Can't say that your writing is the cause, but it is the only thing that has changed for me in that time (and I know deeper that this is why). Thank you!
Hope you continue to enjoy this space. Sending love to Poland !
Hello from Las Vegas via Dublin, Ireland. I am a singer songwriter and I hold space for those who have lost their voice. I allow them to find their way back to the creative gifts they possess. I was so moved by your writing about silence after the sound. Such a gift! Thank you!
Silence is the gift! I hope this space inspires your own writing and singing :)
Writing from where I’m based in Los Angeles, but originally I’m a singer/songwriter as well from Brazil and Latvia. 🇧🇷🇱🇻 I really appreciate the concept of long form , because that’s where true reflection occurs. It’s so nice to pause and take the time to create and connect. I started doing this for my Patreon community too and it has felt so rewarding. 🩵
I’ve been listening to your music for over 10 years and your commitment to staying authentic and creative- and excellent- is something I deeply admire and am inspired by. Excited to learn more about you, your thoughts and also the people in this community. ☺️ Thank you for sharing another part of you with us!
You are so welcome Laura. I'm glad you like the long form style like I do :)
Long time lover of your voice and your words Kimbra! Coming from between San Diego and Orange County both cities I’ve seen you have been life changing core memories for me. Back in 2014 music brought me and my best friend together. We met the day before your show at the Observatory OC and spent the day at Disneyland getting to know each other. And we grew together in love with a big thanks to you and your music. Your version of “I’m Wishing” is still his ringtone to this day. This year I had an ectopic pregnancy and had emergency surgery five days before your show in at the Music Box in San Diego. My husband wasn’t sure if it was the best idea but I firmly believe in the healing power of music and so we went and I was in a wheelchair for my safety and the venue made the most amazing and magical moment by moving us to see you in the front. I would’ve danced all night if I could. Thank you for always sharing your truth and creating music that speaks volumes.
Hello and good day to you and everyone else! I'm writing, listening and energizing from California, for now. I will be embarking on a personal spiritual journey soon living full time vanlife to better pursue myself, my music and happiness. I am terrified. I am going thru a breakup of my marriage due to extreme disconnect. I feel alone yet hopeful that i am on the right path towards where im supposed to be. More Hope arises that I may be able to help others with music just as you have for me. From the first day your vioce graced my space....you have inspired me and continue to do so. I was led to this space to read these words of yours and learn more of the beauty that is within the chaos. I was part of a band called Cheers Elephant. I very briefly got to meet you in LA while playing a show opening for Delicate Steve. Even tho very brief, the energy of that moment still resonates. I now pursue my own dream project musically. I am terrified. Your words, sounds and energy continue to inspire and let's me know everything will be alright. Thank you. Hope all is going well! Also looking forward to joining your songwriting course on school of music! Cheers🙂
I look forward to seeing you over there! Sounds like you are an embarking on a huge life adventure. The Universe rewards courage as they say. I hope this space will continue to be inspiration.
Hey there! I'm Raphael. I live near Chicago. A friend of mine sent me a really poor quality video of you performing in a club/bar back in '09'ish. I was impressed by the solo act and your use of tech for creating vocal loops, on the fly, as backing tracks. When "Vows" came out, I picked up a copy and was hooked. It is such a great and eclectic album. When you toured, I saw you in Chicago. That performance is still in my head to this day. I was absolutely blown away at how tight the band was and how frickin' heavy it could get when the boys broke into the extended jam sessions at the end of a few songs. You Were Electric! ELECTRIC! I have been listening to your music ever since.
I am a musician that grew up on prog rock, metal, jazz, classical and 80's pop/rock. I love that your music has familiarity but is always pushing experientially (at least from my point of view). Because I am fascinated to know what is floating around in a musician's head, when I get the opportunity to gain insight, I take it. For example, I was fortunate to meet Chick Corea a couple times and instead of asking for autographs or other fanboy stuff, I dove straight into something like "Hi. I am very curious to understand your writing process and how you were inspired to write a sing like Tale of Daring. Do you have 5 minutes to describe that?" So, you launched this substack and I joined. It might not be specific to musical aspirations, but might provide insight into how you think.
Weird? Maybe. :-)
I'm an American expatriate living in Saudi Arabia. I met you briefly at your meet and greet before your show in Houston. I was so nervous to talk to you, but you were kind and generous with your time. The show was fantastic.
I'm a writer myself and I'm always looking to stumble into inspiration. I find when I surround myself with creative people it's easier to do so. I think I'll stumble into a lot of inspiration with the community you're building here.
Holy snap!! What a treat to discover one’s longtime musical inspiration is also beyond generous from the heart, not to mention *this* horrendously eloquent 🫖
Hello Kimbra and lovely folk here. I’m Eric, a jazz pianist from Taiwan/the U.S. who nowadays shares time between NYC/Berlin. It’s been a wild ride since times of lockdown — back then, I saw that for my whole music career, I’d done everything I could to avoid publishing/performing music under my own name. “This ends now”, I tantrumed … leading to one domino toppling the next, a journey of opening up and ever-deeper self-confrontations and astonishing realizations, ambling its own pace on an unusual gait.
Kimbra, it was at once heartwarming and thrilling to hear you speak about sharing your kaleidoscopic array of creations. I’m fascinated with different ways to bring people into musical experiences, most recently trying out various combinations of installation, photography, spoken/written stories … so your open invitations to the vast landscapes you’re beginning to show has a lovely seed-planting effect over here.
Aha! Sounds like you can relate to my first post, The Gift Of Disillusionment! I definitely connect to the toppling domino image and the ever-deeper self-confrontation, as you say (well put!). It's less like a line and more like a maze, or a circle.... I'm happy to have you here!
May the little worlds I explore here further illuminate your own. Thank you Eric!
Reading from Washington, DC! Very excited to drink tea and enjoy the written word with you on Sunday mornings! As always, my reason for being in whatever space you invite us into is to witness and learn from your genius, soul, and wisdom. So grateful! <3
Wow, what touching words, thank you. I love that you plan to connect the reading of my writings to a tea ritual, yes! I feel like I always 'embody' words more when I'm enjoying a hot beverage at the same time. There's something to that... the connection of a physical act with a spiritual one.... brings to mind a 'communion'! But some other examples are.... I like stretching while listening to music in my headphones at an airport terminal... or reading while walking the streets of New York (I know, it's nuts)..... Anyway, thanks for being here Emily!
Hello from Los Angeles, California! I am a computer person professionally, and a people person emotionally. I find myself drawn to art because of its expression of time and place and context and people's common uniqueness (all intentionally & unintentionally). I am fascinated by the way that people create and conceptualize their own work, and the way that they process the world around them, and how all of that intersects. And your work has always struck me as thoughtful and experimental! Which is all a very hoighty-toighty way of saying that I'm a fan of your work across media, and I'm excited to see where this all goes!
Art as an expression of time, place , context and people's common uniqueness! I love that. And yes, I also find it curious to learn how people process the world through various creative lenses. Happy my work has found you and it feels resonant.
I am Nolan from northern Michigan. I played drums in a series of failed bands during the 2000’s but eventually gave up playing music and became white collar. It’s a good living and I am beyond grateful for the blessings it provides, but my avenues for creative outlet are limited these days, so I tend to live vicariously through the artists I enjoy. I am here simply to experience more Kimbra, I adore her singing and her music (I get the impression that she doesn’t want to be fawned over in this space, well too bad because I am doing it 😉). She is a real deal voice and lyrical talent and I hope she never stops creating.
Nolan, it's great to have you here! You're right that I get awkward around fawning haha but I take this to be a lovely expression of appreciation and it's nice to know the work connects with you! Thank you. Perhaps as you live vicariously through your fav artists you'll be drawn back to your own outlets! That's how it often works for me anyway.....
My second day off in 14 days! I’m a little late to the game but here goes. My name is Elizabeth from Aotearoa, Rotorua. I decided to join you on Substack to catch glimpses of the innermost workings of THE artist/musician/producer. Inspiration is created through the connection of art and the parts that ring bells in our spirit. Being connected with writing is a skill I have yet to hone. Lyrics are a reflection of my revelations and the music, a small blue print of my emotions. The things that connect us are our shared experiences and I hope to share these with everyone.
Rotorua!!! How wonderful. I spent my childhood going to Lake Rotoiti on many weekends and have so much affection for that whole region of New Zealand.
I'm glad you've found connection here! Thanks, Elizabeth. Or should I say, in our common tongue, Chur :)
That’s awesome! The nature of the music game is a chaotic one! Would love you have caught your last time you performed in Hamilton which I spent over a decade in before I moved to Rotorua 😊 next time I hope! Loving your Substack entries! Keep ‘em coming! And how about that ABs win 😅
Ka kite 🖤
From the edge of a Swedish forest (the Southern deciduous kind). I read "To No Applause" and it struck such a nerve that I immediately subscribed and now I'm starting to discover your music. There seems to be a poetry to all I've seen so far that is just what I crave for and feel at home with (and paradoxically makes me feel seen).
A Swedish Forest, wow. I think that's exactly where I'd like my words to land.
Sprinkling (or spraying?) like a mist down from the canopy.... I hope they will continue to quench a thirst!
Thank you for being here.
Kimbra! I feel so lucky to be a part of your Substack. I found your music through one of those "Free Music Tuesday" cards at the register (do you remember those?) at a Starbucks in NJ. It was for Cameo Lover. I continued to follow your music through college, and as I was feeling a lot of pain during a dissolving friendship, your Golden Echo album brought a lot of comfort to me. Your music releases always seem to magically align with a time of transformation in my life, and it has been so healing for me to engage with your music and see your journey as well.
I'm 30, living in New York now and I had the privilege to attend your Q&A at the Neue House with Oberon Sinclair. I will never forget your live performance of "The Way We Were", and I wish I had recorded it. I was too nervous to approach you that evening but just wanted to say thank you for being so vulnerable and for sharing your gift with the world. You are absolutely enriching lives with your art, and I look forward to your future writings & projects. - Colette
I DO remember those in Starbucks, haha. Isn't it amazing when a record aligns perfectly with a transitional time of life? I know that feeling too. Thank you so much for these kind words and I'll be sure to pull out that version of The Way We Were again in the future.
Happy to have you here.
Hola Kimbra, my name is Rodolfo Enrique, I am from Baja California, Mexico. I've been a fan of your music since Vows, "Come Into My Head" was the first song of yours that I heard through a video game. Since then I have followed your music and I also love your poems, I have some saved that you shared on Patreon a while ago, "For I" is one of my favorites. I have also learned a lot from you, and what you share on the spiritual topic, I grew up with the Catholic religion and thanks to you I have learned to approach Dios with another lens, living with her through love and not with fear. Thanks for the posts and for the new music I love "Idols & Vices"
p.s. Que tal va tu español? :)
Hey Kimbra,
I'm a singer songwriter/producer. I love mixing genres and I also started out with a looper and vocals. I've been following you since i was 13, when I first heard "settle down". I have been so inspired by your craft and how eloquently you talk about it. It's been amazing to get more insight on your process through this substack, it's inspiring and very precious to me.
I recently asked you a question during the songwriter class you gave online and my wifi turned off right as you were about to answer (haha of course it did) and I wanted to say thanks, I was able to finish a song we started in the course. It goes:
I can feel the bitterness seeping into my bones
I won't set fire to myself just to keep everybody else warm.
Here it is in case you are curious (and feel like making my day) :
https://soundcloud.com/giuliadabala/sets/giulia-dabala-new-singles/s-WiOIY8yp8Qh?si=17c70b75f42d4fdf8ab3982fc5cbb0ad&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Your song Replay has also been.. well..on replay, and has inspired me to get angry more in my music and as a woman in general. So, I guess I just wanted to say thanks for all the goosebumps and inspiration in the last 13 years. XO, Giulia
I have been reading your thoughts, poems, and listening to your songs [part and complete] since almost your inception of your Substack.
I'm 71 and just love music and poems and reading.
Music touches my soul in ways that nothing else can!
I really appreciate you opening your heart and soul and putting everything out here for us.
Hello! Reading from Dallas, TX but originally from Chihuahua, México. I'm so glad I joined substack, I love reading your prose and feeling like part of the artistic process when listening to the demos and poems you share here 😬. As a burnt-out 40 year old public servant and mom to 8 precious furbabies (precious and demanding...and spoiled...and, did I mention demanding?) I welcome any time I have a chance to pause and read, I'm grateful you introduced me to substack and this amazing community. I actually met you in a meet and greet back in March before your show in Dallas, and I was star struck! My husband did all the meeting and greeting for the both of us 💩 anyway, I'm so happy to be here, looking forward to your next post/song/album/everything! 💗 Besos, abrazos, y Buenas vibras.
Hi! Kimbra! I call Sydney, Australia home. I am just so grateful to read and listen to all the words you use to express your inner world and share it with the rest of the world. I am on a journey, like we all are, and at this point of time, your words, almost in every post, speak to me in some way. thank you.
Hello, Kimbra! Celeste here of Colorado, USA!! I'm sure you get this a lot, but you're one of my all-time favorite music artists of all time (right up there with AURORA, BANKS, and Bjork) and I've been listening to your music since my dad got me your very first album way back around the time it came out. I'm also a burgeoning writer, and poetry is my love language to the world. I've only been published a couple of times so I still consider myself a bit of a baby in the creative world, but I'm always on the lookout for new things to learn to help me grow as an artist. Substack has been my latest endeavor as a writer, and I was thrilled when I saw you were here too! I'm here to read all your beautiful musings, listen to you talk about your passions (and be inspired by them), and, if possible, connect with you on what being a creative means to you. I'm still trying to get a better sense of who I am as a writer, so I'm excited to see how I can be inspired by your journey. WELCOME!!💖
Damn, you have me in high company! I'm honoured! And shout-out to Dad. My Dad took me to all my first concerts and I feel like it is such a point of connection and intimacy for us. I love that you're a poet! Excited to see if my words might birth echoes in yours.... Thank you for being here.
Oh my goodness, your reply has made my whole day!! That is so sweet about your dad taking you to concerts (I think I've been to just a few with him: AURORA, Weyes Blood, and Florence + The Machine, but that's most of the concerts I've been to in my life😄). I'm already immensely inspired by your words, so I know that whatever you create going forward will inspire me even more. Thank you thank you thank you✨
We have the same music preferences 😁
Awesome!! You a fan of AURORA too?
Yes! And Bjork got me into producing 😊
That is so amazing!! I wish I had a talent for making music (though I am a pretty good singer, I have yet to really get good at playing piano, which is my favorite instrument, and listening to music is kind of my love language anyways, along with poetry). Bjork has inspired so much of my poetry in the past, especially as a teenager when I was first introduced to her by my dad (first song of hers I ever heard was "It's Oh So Quiet"). A year later I discovered AURORA and it was like discovering I had a long-lost cosmic twin!
Amazing! I spent my life doing music and I don’t think I could do anything else. I love writing but it’s not my strongest skill. I discovered Bjork when I was 17 and expanding my musical tastes. I got into progressive metal, disco, experimental, jazz, ambient and electronic. It was an interesting time in life but all of it really forms a sonic journey of my life. Aurora I only recently discovered in the last few years, especially because she performed at the Nobel peace prize and did a cover of Massive Attack’s Teardrop (also one of my faves). I did “It’s oh so quiet” for a vocal exam 😀 I play the piano pretty alright. Trying to get up to a grade 8 level by myself but really just taking as much time as I need. My advice is to do it now if you can! It will always be there but time is always a factor and you’ll gain a lot more appreciation and understanding the more instruments you play too 😁
Pacific Grove, CA. Signing up for your mailing list years ago has certainly paid off in spades. Your tone and words struck a cord and had a familiarity that is both comforting and thought provoking. Thank you. I've been journaling and pondering more lately and like the format here so have started my own. Minimal so far, but a weekly post that is not strictly internal feels like it will work wonders for my soul. Deep thoughts, revelations, adventures and maybe even, a little wisdom, will surely follow.
It's so encouraging when we just decide to start small rather than not at all! Who knows where it will lead... I'm thankful you've been following along all these years. I hope this space will feel like a springboard for your own outlets.
Joe Auger aka jahgust…On the journey since that first glimpse in THAT video back in 2011! Hailing from Providence Rhode Island, have worked in and out of the music biz as a band member, solo artist, songwriter, vocalist, sound engineer, Producer, writer for nigh on 45 years. 21 years sober and wanting to drink everyday, (and that’s ok!), and trying hard to get through the day working in I.T. cuz that pays the bills… sort of… and affords me health insurance…sort of…Welcome to America. Trying to stay creatively relevant to myself as I have been long trudging through a drought. On the cusp of diagnosis to finish parts of my puzzle, in hopes of creating some drizzle… news at 11! Thanks for inviting us down K!
Staying creatively relevant to ourselves is a noble and inspiring endeavor! And maybe the only one that really matters in the end? Haha... Great to have you Joseph!
Hello from Sydney tho originally from Singapore. You have such a wonderful creative voice and it is an honour to participate in the expression of your energy even if it is simply to witness. Entangling as we all flow in the giant pot of universal stew. Thank you for just being.
I’m from Singapore too! Moved to New Zealand in 2009 😊
Yeah, it's wild how we think we're alone so often. Great to know you're finding community here. Everyone seems so cool so far. : )
whereabouts do you live (if it's ok to ask)? my parents are separated so I traverse between Highlands Ranch and Littleton
I’m in Littleton as well! Small world!
OMG!! That is so cool😄🤘
heeeyyy, fellow Coloradan!!👋