NormaJean by Lord Schmicholas published on 2019-01-21T05:33:11Z *Welcome sadness as an essential part of the human experience, but never give into despair* Hello again. It's been a long time since I've put together a comprehensive project like this. The past couple years have been filled with many blessings, but also countless hardships. I remember last winter I was contemplating despair: my pets had all just died in succession and my best friends were drifting farther and farther out of my life. I had never felt so alone. Then spring brought great family challenges, crippling anxiety, and a job that i despised. With summer and fall came further heartbreak. Now it is winter once more, and I realize that this sadness that exists within me is part of what makes me a man. It has hardened me and tempered my spirit, and also made me enjoy happy moments that much more. Misery can seem like black hole, but as long as you don't succumb to despair you will ALWAYS find joy after sorrow, like a rainbow after a violent storm. You just be strong and seek it out :) Now I give love without expecting any in return, I have taken back control of my time so I don't waste a moment of this extraordinary life, and I graciously accept that people will come and go. I have learned these lessons only by being thrown about by immense waves of sadness. So, all that to say - here's a bunch of projects. Some are (really) old, and some are new, almost all were unfinished and I just went back and took the decent bits :) So for your listening pleasure, I have put together a yin and yang of emotional themes. (and also thrown in some completely random shit) Thank you for reading. *Be kind, be wise, be true.* -Lord Schmicholas