Spiral Alchemy

Tag: Music

  • Bloganuary Prompt: Let Go

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    Mariana Rodrigues Cabral
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    What is your favorite quote and why? “There’s beauty in the breakdown.” From the time I was about ten years old, Imogen Heap’s lyrics have taken life’s most difficult concepts and translated them in a way that makes sense. The quote above is from an electronic group called Frou Frou, and I listened to every…

  • A Guy and a Gal in Galway (Part 1)

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    A vibrant tale about a couples’ first adventure abroad in a city where the Guinness flows like water and the locals are as friendly as the sheep On May 2nd 2018, my boyfriend, Richard, and I embarked on our first adventure abroad together to Galway, Ireland. Where my anxious brain might’ve expected drunken arguments in…

  • Monte Verde

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    Let’s race like our Spy Kids days through the wasted masses Tequila threatens my insides as the bass collapses   Our family’s far behind us We’re dancing in a cloud Marlboro smoke and gold confetti Am I thinking out loud?   Weaving past stumbling bodies My insides are crawling out Outside the celestial labyrinth tequila…

  • A Wake-Up Call

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    Mariana Rodrigues Cabral
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    Candid thoughts from a solo trip to Austin, Texas, during SXSW My boyfriend of a year and I broke up about a month before spring break in 2016. The loss of him in my life shattered my reality. I became numb and indifferent. I lost sight of my responsibilities, drank too much, and started to…