Sep 17, 2024
Things take time,Things are sometimes slow,Slow is not bad,In fact, slow is often good.Slow,like thick honey sliding out of a jar and into your tea.Slow like the time it takes for a seed to sproutOr a bud to flowerOr a heart to heal.I’ve been thinking about this for...
Jul 19, 2024
It’s time for another installment in What’s In Your Bag?, where I get nosy with artists and find out what they carry around in their bags. This time I’m talking to musician and singer-songwriter Steven Delopoulos. He is a deep well – you can hear it in his voice and...
Feb 14, 2024
Welcome back to my series where I get nosy with artists and find out what they take with them in their bag. My guest today is artist, writer, and graphic designer, Jamie Harris. I’ve known Jamie for about 20 years and I adore her. She is intelligent, kind, talented,...
Jan 15, 2024
When January rolls around,I’ve just lived through a monthcrammed full of emotions activities expectations pressures.a whirlwind of messages,experiences,personalities,and...
Nov 29, 2023
Welcome to the What’s In Your Bag? series, where I get nosy with artists about what they take with them to capture those creative thoughts, live their art, and express themselves. My first guest is Wonder Truly, who I met on Instagram. We connected over music...
Aug 3, 2023
Cornfields ripple in the wind,Stalks swaying, without a care in the worldSlender leaves shimmering in the sunlightSky of summer blueGrasses tickled by the current,Empty railroad track stretching across.This is the place where I buried youThough your gravestone is...
Jan 20, 2023
It’s here! My new EP, Edge of the Wilderness, is available now on all music platforms. Choose your preferred music app here: https://linktr.ee/jessicathecotten I’m excited to finally share my songs with you. Edge of the Wilderness features immersive electronic...
Jul 20, 2022
My newest single, “My Heroes”, released June 3. I could not be more ecstatic to have this song finally out and about in the world! I hesitate to try to explain what my songs are about because a) they’re often about lots of things, and b) I want them...
Jun 26, 2022
Two weeks ago, my grandfather passed away. He was 96, lived an incredible life, was kind, optimistic, and gave the best hugs. I don’t have a single bad memory of him. He was a constant source of goodness in my life, and though I still feel a deep sense of connection...
Jul 9, 2021
My song “City on Fire” was released July 9, 2021. I wrote it off and on from 2016–2020, when it felt like so many things were falling apart…but it also felt like they needed to fall apart. So, if at any point during those years you felt disillusioned, angry, afraid,...
Nov 9, 2020
We stood on the precipice, the wind bellowing in my ears and whipping her long dress and hair all about. She was taller than me. I had somehow forgotten about that. Maybe because she never feels intimidating. It was easy to be with her. Even today. Even...
Oct 12, 2020
I would like to gather somewhere, Move with Belong to Partake in something Worthwhile Without the bologna of A group of well-dressed men Sitting on the front row Reveling in their hierarchy. Stages are set For the well-dressed. Megaphones handed To those with stories...
Aug 19, 2020
Well, aren’t you the fanciest salesman I’ve ever seen!What’s this you’re selling? GOD? I don’t recognize God in your swagger. Your clothes are a little too fancy. And your promise of “more” and “better”...
Apr 24, 2020
I seek answersAmong the wildflowers.They, amidst rocksThey, throughout droughtsThey, the daring ones.Serene, subversive. “Teach me how to grow,” I say to them. They are tutors, and I listen. “SlowSteadyTrustingExuberantUniqueAn...
Jul 16, 2019
Patience and perseverance.Patience and perseverance. I’m repeating those two words to myself.I’m repeating them here. Patience and perseverance. They do not roll off the tongue as other words do – words like success, blessing, ease, triumph, happy...
Apr 1, 2019
If there is a wayTo life True life The happy kind The kind where we are embraced And safe And...
Mar 17, 2019
I saw a falling star tonightIt was beautifulWe admire the beautiful things, you knowBut did you forget?This starFallingLighting the skyWas also burning,Dying. We crave beautyWe crave gloryWe crave the gasps we makeWhen stars fall from the sky.We rarely realizeThe...
Feb 20, 2019
I don’t have much to give. My heart, though Is wide open. Wilted, you see. Ready to receive Some love All the love Any love.
Jan 29, 2019
Edits for first draft of my book came back.I crawled into a ditch of “I’m A Worthless Writer, This Story Is Garbage, And I’ll Never Write Anything Ever Again.”I stayed in the ditch for several days.Ate pizza and ice cream sandwiches.Watched movies. And...
Jan 17, 2019
When the light comes through the window, I love it.I love it when the light comes through.When the light shines in the morning, first thing, I love it.I love it when the light comes through.When the light is alive because the clouds don’t block the sun, I love...
