I CANNOT PAINT PICTURES WITH MY TONGUE

Sharon Van Etten - "Much More Than That". Sometimes I do not have the right word. I thought about this a lot and I have realised that there are always two possible reasons: (1) that I am not a better writer; (2) that there is no word. And so when I find myself in a starlit garden, my hand cupped to tiny flowers, breathing in, and I have no word for these blooms - I ask. Is it that I am not a better writer? Or is it that there is no word? And perhaps an encyclopedia teaches me the answer. T...

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