The morning after the Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions came out I woke up to an email from my friend Emily with one word in the subject line – “Taylor.”

I moved from San Diego to Florida a few months ago and my west-coast-friend Emily decided to email instead of text since she finished the sessions past my east cast bedtime.

Her email shared her gut reactions to the revelations in the sessions and how inspiring they were to her as an artist (she’s a fiction writer – her books are like a comforting cup of tea fyi).

I felt the same, and since Taylor has long been an artist who inspires my own writing, I thought I’d share the creative lessons that shone through. ❤️