Arjun Vijay Prakash

a conversation about music? Impression Sunrise by Claude Monet (1872) a friend, El Fuego, was showing me her music recently. i listened. and in my head, i just “labelled” it off. hah. too simple. too generic. my taste was better. i didn’t say it out loud. but i think she knew. then, at that exact moment, she said something that really stuck with me, for two weeks now, quite literally. she talked about why she liked what she liked. the rawness of words. the soft, comforting sounds. songs that “don’t try t...

three years after the flame. Albert Bierstadt — Among the Sierra Nevada, California today is may 13. three years ago, i lost you. i keep starting there because i do not know where else to start. it sounds simple now. it is not. it was a whole year inside one line. then another year. then another. i still remember the moon line: “isn’t the moon lovely?” oh will i ever forget it. #######. seven letters. seven hashes. that is how i learned to write your name when the name itself felt too alive. sometimes hi...

how it all ended. Alfred Sisley — The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne part 4 of the just a little crush. series. she showed me bali, indonesia, other places. blue water. clean sky. beautiful views. beautiful her. she was sitting right next to me. a-guy-that’s-always-there on the other side. people talking. laughing. having a time of their lives. she took a random photo of me. said it was for a meme. i didn’t ask more. it felt almost like she liked me. two girls behind us were reading “white nights”. she ...