i love to write songs, primarily on guitar, and i'm currently learning the harp.

soundcloud diary

the puppeteer (2022)
filming by eva lev myers, editing and sound composition by haley
set and costume design by haley and eva

this scroll will become sound (2023)
as an artist in the exhibition Cha Real Smooth: Art with Instructions i made a participatory songwriting installation.
this included a jar of prompts, drawing and writing materials, and a large unraveling scroll of paper.
once exhibition attendees picked a prompt, responded through drawing or writing on the scroll, they could add their names to an email contact list.
now i am currently working on an EP by translating the scroll into sound and songs.
so far i have written the first song. in march 2024 i performed this first song at Pinch Cabaret alongside the scroll. this scroll will become sound
attendees participating in this scroll will become sound

at the end of the night...

the lyrics for the first song of the scroll's translation:
mom, i know you love alice and that real estate agent named marty apartments
mom, i know you’ve got 3 hearts one for alice one for marty and one for yourself
though they ache
boldly please know i mean no harm
i hope your flight was uneventful
soon i will knock knock knock on your window
hi im here
and im spiralling
because staying still is harder than moving your surrounded
by all kinds of colours
and music and branches and leaves
that i’ve never seen
i left my email
in brown pencil
so you could write about your reality
reality and the void
under blue water
reality and the void
next to the toilet bowl
reality and the void
and you and me
reality and the void, is there nothing at all?
no there’s a world
and there is a seed
yeah there is a world
and there is a sprout
and that sprouts say
may we all witness collective healing
may we all witness collective growth
and beside the world
there are shapes of darkness
and beside them shapes of love to remember
to love myself
just as hard as i love the earth
there’s a face
looking one way
and there is another face
it's looking the other way
but they’re connected by dark circles they're connected by something called dragoste
dragoste is love
even when frightened
with those wide eyes
just wait for something
that everyday sunrise
even if you can’t see it
it rises whether you like it or not
XE is over there
under the tree
amongst the black rocks and the grass and leaves
we heard the story
of being drugged at the strip club
of not remembering 2 hours of the night
but a kind stranger ensured safety
and that’s why
its okay to ask for help
it’s okay to fall in the void
it’s okay to spiral lightly
it’s okay witness healing
it’s okay to not remember
it’s okay to love a real estate agent
and it’s okay to call for your mom when you’re in the dark