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The first time I saw British India I was 15 and it was the best night of my teen years. Now I’m 24 and inducting the next generation. #britishindia #thegov #greatbands #livemusic #soexcited #australia #adelaide #music

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My votes for this years Hottest 100! #britishindia #alltimelow #fallinginreverse #hottest100 #triplej #music #love #favouritebands

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Go to triple J hottest 💯 and vote for All Time Low. If you can’t find them in search then there is an option to import from Spotify. If we can get all the ATL fans we know to vote for songs from this years album we can get them on the hottest 💯!!!

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Today's Poetry Workshop

Today I went to a poetry workshop with Jamaican poet Tanya Shirley. It was a whole lot of information to take in at once, but I learned a lot, and it was exactly what I needed. She talked a lot about moving away from the abstract in poetry, and replacing it with concrete details and imagery, something I struggle a lot with in my own writing. It was almost like picking up where I left off from my previous writing class, where we only dipped our toes in poetry, and I had left with more questions than answers. Today many of those questions were answered.

Here are some highlights from today’s workshop:

Nobody cares about your feelings (in a poem)

reading is a form of practice for poets. it shows you what poetry can be and do, and staves off the dreaded writer’s block.

a poem should do 3 things: give a perspective the reader never thought of, say something in a way never previously imagined, and help you see the world.

the primary instinct is to say how you feel, talk in abstracts and explain. good poetry goes against this instinct.

instead, paint a picture; show the reader so that they can feel the emotion you are trying to convey (show, don’t tell).

be authentic (about the experience, not the feeling)

sometimes the poem resides in the smallest detail. be observant. the strongest skill of the poet is observation. readers latch on to details.

avoid cliches.

After the class, in talking with her about my tendency to be abstract, she said that perhaps the reason we move toward the abstract is because we’re afraid to be vulnerable. There is a reason we write about somebody being kind, or strong, or bad; these usually come from particular incidents or experiences, but we’re afraid to write about what exactly happened to make us think these things (for whatever reason).

It was a really wonderful experience and her liveliness made it enjoyable and easy to learn. She was definitely more on the brutal side of criticism, but I can most certainly see where she’s coming from, and where she is trying to take the poems we write. Like she said, it’s a choice whether you want to write to please the masses, or really step up and improve your craft in order to get published and move ahead in the literary world.

Poetry is easy. Good poetry is hard.

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The hunt. #Easter #egg hunt #girl #curls #blackandwhite #photography

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Beautiful girl. #girl #curls #blackandwhite #photography #love

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Sisters. #sisters #siblings #blackandwhite #photography #bee #boots

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Sibling love. #siblings #blackandwhite #photography #boots #cubbyhouse

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Hello Macey. #cat #petphotography #blackandwhite #photography

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Those baby blues. #blue #eyes #photography #child

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Hello Beautiful. #cat #petphotography #blackandwhite #photography

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Hope you guys had a great Easter. I spent mine with amazing family. #bunny #Easter #child #photography #blackandwhite

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More rats! #ratsofinstagram #rats #photography #petphotography #blackandwhite

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Rats #photography #blackandwhite #petphotography #rats #ratsofinstagram

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Tried some pet photography with my Mother-In-law's rats. #rats #petphotography #blackandwhite #photography

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https://open.spotify.com/user/1267713104/playlist/75J2GJlp9yP6ZsYfKgznwB

My first mixtape playlist.