I made this website to share the art I have long hidden that was never meant to be publicly available. My true belief in the fact that they would only reach my eyes led to me being brutally honest in my works, often overly so. For as long as I can remember, I have loved to write. I have been gifted countless journals for my writing but ended up misplacing each one. I have lost poems and songs due to my carelessness. I wish I had access to what I wrote in the five years before I started keeping track of my art, but it is what it is.
In an effort to be more organized, I put together two binders: one for my poems, one for my songs. These became my most prized possessions. For the longest time, it did not cross my mind that I could lose these in a catastrophe out of my control. This website is a way to ensure I never lose my art, which has been the only constant in my life. If I ever lose it, I will have nothing else to.
I do not know how to code, and I'm learning as I go. Hopefully, this website's look will improve, but even if it doesn't, it's okay. That is not what I exist for. Starring You is my personal passion project to share every piece of art I have made since I was 14. 20 collections of songs. My old short stories and novel attempts. Even the ones I hate and wish didn't exist. For some frustrating reason, my amygdala won't let me rid them from my memory.
For many, words flow effortlessly off the tongue. There is little thought involved in conversation. It feels natural for them. I am not one of them. I have so many emotions and the only way I knew how to express them was in poetry. I could think about how I really felt and come up with the best possible way to describe it. I would either write to simply keep from exploding, or I would use it as I was a letter to someone. The people that affected me the most have their own albums, even though dedicating anything to most of them is not deserving.
To the people visiting I wrote about, I do not send you these words out of love, so do not be mistaken. It is closest to absolutely nothing, even though you have shaped who I'll be for the rest of my life. I wish I could erase you all, but some more than others. I should also thank you, though, because I could not have been so inventive if it wasn't for the pain I caused and was given. Thank you for being so trusting as to let me in your life. I thank you for your naivety, as it allowed me to slip in and out of your presence without detection. It's funny because that is very specific yet it applies to multiple people. I am probably not truly sorry about anything I've done. And with that, I introduce the STARRING YOU PROJECT!