Welcome (Back) to The AuralisMag

I often think of trying to describe the music that moves me. It’s about as indescribable as an orgasm. It’s this otherworldly experience that leaves your heart racing, and there is an electric sensation on the skin that makes you tingle all over as the sounds from the speakers ripple through the crowd. For a moment, there’s a lightness in the body and you’re one with the Universe. And all your troubles melt away—at least until the artist disappears behind the curtain and the lights go up. Sadly, you're always left chasing that high. How horrid it is to feel left wanting more each time...

The correlations between sex and music are endless, and certainly, I don't think one can exist without the other... They both inspire each other, in an endless symbiotic relationship. Great sex inspires great music and great music can lead to great sex. And even more so, music is better shared with others than alone. Music, especially live, is about the communal experience. For a while, I've found myself in a messy entanglement that I can't seem to get myself out of.

However, music is my safe space and writing is my resistance.

I found it necessary to marry the two as both are constantly under threat.

Last year, I started this site as a way to talk about my favorite artists and what's happening here in Seattle (and the Pacific Northwest as a whole). Unfortunately, I didn't quite take off due to work commitments, personal emergencies, and self-doubt. Luckily, at the start of 2025, I decided to course correct and continue on my writing journey. I made it a mission to openly express my art (primarily in the form of poetry), support other art out in the community, and find people I align with. Something is brewing locally and collectively, and I thought, why not participate?

With a renewed perspective on music, writing, and life as a whole, welcome to The AuralisMag.