STATE OF HUSH
Theresa Lola
Words
THERESA LOLA
Photography
DEREK HENDERSON
Follow the signs
and travel into the state of hush.
Carry an empty suitcase,
anticipate nothing yet everything.
In this place a smile will find you gentle
as a leaf finds a bed of earth to sleep on.
On the train with you are friends,
tuned to the radio of each other’s hearts.
Hush is a state of mind,
hush is a place for all minds.
Avoid stalking the footsteps of the clock,
your body will arrive into itself
at the appointed time. In here
you might crave the sandy chest of a beach,
other days the clang of voices
against a karaoke machine.
You have never liked karaoke.
Adulthood is the subtle training
of sound engineering, balancing,
cutting, sampling, escaping
the levels of noise life brings.
Read our interview with Theresa here.