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Mini Memoir09/1121/10

What happened to creativity in music and the arts?

Remember when music was a movement? When creativity was king? Why is popular music these days so bad?

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Hi, I’m Lani

an INFJ Taurus with a Virgo rising and Libra moon, living in her mother's birth country, Thailand.

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Today, a 'no' was a 'yes' for me, my sanity, and my time. #noregrets 💜 Grateful for making progress on my writing, connecting with my mom, and realizing when my students wanted to know what my IG acct was, that I had changed it from my name to lanibearprincess 😅 . . . . #mynameis #englishteacher #gratefuleveryday #gratitudejournal #selfcare #purple #purplelotus #lotusflower #flowerpower
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