Sara Phillips
@saraphillips
a note on where Iāve been and where Iām at š¤ This last year Iāve been working on a ton of new music- for my artist projects (both singer-songwriter indie stuff as well as my dance/edm projects), writing with and for other incredibly talented artists, producing a ton and starting to DJ. Every single day I canāt believe how lucky I am to get to create art for a living. A part of me has always been deeply uncomfortable with self promotion- and Iāve really noticed that discomfort growing with every day that we wake up to the most unimaginable stories of people who are just trying to survive, feed their children, find a safe place to sleep. Thereās a deep guilt that I carry moving through my life and career when there are so many people who need our help, and so many people determined to keep taking from those who need most. Maybe youāve felt the same.
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Sara Phillips
@saraphillips
In speaking to another artist and collaborator recently about this feeling, I was also reminded how much the world needs art. Iām definitely aware of how much I need it. Itās also my job and I know canāt just stop making and sharing it. In january of this year, I was visiting my family back home in Montreal while LA was on fire. I was sitting in my childhood home with my dad trying to stomach the inauguration of a facist predator. We watched as he proudly celebrated the victory of his campaign ran on hate, pardoned and rewarded white supremacists, and then sat in church for the post inauguration prayer service. āGod would hate himā, I said out loud to my dad or to myself or maybe to the universe.
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Sara Phillips
@saraphillips
Witnessing the racism, facism, bigotry and hatred of these āleadersā be dressed up in the lie of ātraditional christian valuesā is something I havenāt stopped thinking about. I wrote about it. Itās called āI think god would hate you.ā I think Iāll share it soon. All proceeds from any videos I do share will go to The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. If thereās any point to this post, maybe itās that if you too are feeling the lump in your throat and your chest, feeling overwhelmed, having a hard time managing the weight of everything and still taking care of the things in your own life that need your attention, you are not alone, and that is your strength. You havenāt become numb. There is so much power in that. I love you and I am hopeful that there are enough of us who can and will stand up for what is just.
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Chic Bangs
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I feel this so deeply Sara ily š«¶š»
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Sara Phillips
@saraphillips
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