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Papoter et Bavarder is an independent publication launched in December 2024 by me, mintyy.

I started this blog as an outlet for processing and appreciating my one true love: Music. This blog is an outlet for my own curiosity and an open diary of my findings and conclusions, a place to collect my thoughts and explore my passions.

who am I?

In 2021, I graduated university with a degree in English, which means I spent four years studying and applying my understanding of the art of literary analysis and essay composition. Since graduation, these skills have been growing stale, having no place in my current line of work as an administrator, and due to my lack of drive or even will to pick up a pen. However, this growing urge to analyze and document my opinions was reignited in the wake of experiencing this banger of year for music, inspiring me to return to a long-lost creative outlet as a way to honor that which inspires me.

I don't mean it lightly when I say music is the reason I breathe. Music is more than a solo experience; it is a vessel of discourse for parsing apart further meaning from between the lines of lyrics and amongst the instrumental compositions themselves. But what is the fun in music if not for searching below the surface of a catchy tune and a good beat for that which makes music an art and a movement?

At the same time, and most ironically, I've not much knowledge of the technicalities of music. But, most importantly, I know when something sounds good. And it isn't about being particularly good at anything either, but rather putting to words this feeling of connection, to the words, the melody, the artist and composers. Still, sometimes I ask myself, what is really the point of writing this all out?

Maybe, it is because music has always been my best friend.

Growing up as an only child, I had plenty of time to myself for this lifetime and the next. The fill some of the space and break the silence, I often played CDs from my own or my parents' collection, and when the eras evolved, I lived with a set of earphones in my ears. I slept to music—showered, studied, traveled, reflected, all to the tune of some soundtrack or playlist.

Or simply, that if I don't do something with these thoughts, they'll dry up like a raisin in the sun, no better than a dream deferred.

about this blog

"Papoter et bavarder" means chat and chat in French. Papoter is the more cordial word for chat, representing my more informal posts, while bavarder represents my analytical if not more scholarly posts.

This blog is not meant to be my ticket to fame or glory, but I figured it would be a better use of my efforts to host my words somewhere, rather than leaving them to be lost in the archives of my hard drive. When I was first drafting out my ideas for the site, I wrote:

This blogging idea surfaced one day as I was catching up with a friend on the latest album of an artist we both like. Though we chattered about for hours, it felt like we still didn't enough time to get through everything we wished to say, and as a person who likes to deeply analyze textual media through a Marxist lens (that is simply the name of the literary theory, I am in no way a Marxist, communist, or whatever) it is nearly impossible to recall to memory the examples I need to back my points in a manner that wouldn't hinder the flow of conversation, and I am therefore dependent on quick search which often only provides half the story I wish to convey. Thus, I prefer essays since they are more of slow form of discourse, and I am able to take my time as I explore my curiosities.

Grab a warm drink, pull up a chair, and stay awhile ~

**Annnnd shout out to Jay Jay for convincing me to give music blogging a try and to Bri for continuously encouraging me to keep it up <3

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