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It struck me at some point that the things I wanted to say had to be wordless. I had to renounce words in order to go deep into the practice of making materials and textures that would express what I'm trying to say more accurately.

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Arca
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: October 14
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Ciudad de Caracas Venezuela
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Alejandra Ghersi
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There is also a particular frustration that I have with language. It's so clumsy. And the reason I'm feeling that is more because on your breathing and your intonation than the actual words.
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First thought, best thought. I live by that when I make my own music.
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It's been a growth process for each of us to understand why we find certain things beautiful. And if we do find something beautiful, we'll chase it, because you want to understand yourself and what your psyche is creating.
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I do love the idea that something can make you forget that you're listening and just transport you to somewhere else in your head.
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When I sit down to make music, I try to enter a flow I always open a blank session and just make something that I feel like making.
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There has to be an entry point to learn about myself, or an idea I've never tried, because then I can try on a new skin and see the world through a different perspective. If I have that spark, then I'll save the file.
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With song titles, I try to keep a healthy sense of humor while saying something at the same time.
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I do love voices so much that I will use them and manipulate them. The presence of a human voice in a piece of music is really exciting, even if it's just someone's breathing.
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I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love songs, I would use genderless pronouns, like dear and darling - like some kind of granny!
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