FOR THE LOVERS + THE LIES >>> SUGARHIGH + LOVESTONED

 from my thursday post for SUGARHIGH + LOVESTONED. check it out each and every week for music stuff you won't always find on my blog. See the ORIGINAL post with some fantastic photos >>>HERE<<< 

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

― Rumi

Valentine's Day isn't just for couples. It's a day to honor all kinds of love. The love we have for a man, a woman, our family, dearest of friends, the love we lost, the mistakes we made, and the better people we are for it all.

I recently had the opportunity to sift through a huge box of photos from my late grandmother's garage. I was drawn to the smell of the musty paper and the neatness of each small square tucked into corner tabs, glued to acid-free, black paper. The grainy photos of the past. Past love. I am so drawn to love of the past. A love I will never know. It's a love where chivalry was cherished, people connected with eye contact instead of text messages. It's a love that was scribbled onto paper instead of typed on these informal screens. I am drawn to it's richness, the fragility, and vulnerability. While I love so dearly the progress of today, sometimes I ache for the simpleness. So today I honor the love of the past, the present, and the future. I will take small solace in knowing that somewhere there is a child covering up a shoe box with tin foil. Then carefully cutting a slit on the top the size of a paper valentine with an attached candy heart. 

I decided to do two playlists for today, because I recognize that we are not all in relationships, and perhaps are not seeking or longing to be in one. And some of us might be hurting today. Some might feel a tingling to rebel. Maybe take a moment to listen, reflect, forgive yourself or others, and tell someone you love them. The power of those three words can never be underestimated.

♡ happy valentine's day from the cedra sessions ♡

SIDE A // FOR THE LOVERS

A Sunday Kind of Love -- Etta James

Can't Help Falling In Love -- Elvis Presley

Love is Won -- Lia Ices

Sea of Love -- Cat Power

For You -- Sharon Van Etten

Little Bit -- Lykke Li

Night & Day -- Moondoggies

If You Let Me Be Your Anchor -- Dawes

Harvest Moon -- Neil Young

At the Hop -- Devendra Banhart

Poison Cup -- M. Ward

How Can I Tell You -- Cat Stevens

SIDE A: for the lovers from thecedrasessions on 8tracks Radio.

SIDE B // FOR THE REBELS

Say That -- Toro y Moi

Something Good -- Alt J

It Ain't Me, Babe -- Bob Dylan

Save Yourself -- Sharon Van Etten

You Ain't Alone -- Alabama Shakes

Big Love -- Matthew E White

Heartbreaker -- Led Zepplin

Cheated Hearts -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs

No Love -- Little Dragon

Alone Together -- Beachwood Sparks

You Broke My Heart -- Lavender Diamond

SIDE B: for the rebels from thecedrasessions on 8tracks Radio.