Welcome, friends! Grab some tea and vibe with me.
Rose of Memphis is my big art project — an archive and playground for my creativity through photos, videos, edits, and words.
This place will constantly evolve, so I hope you’re down to grow with me.
Join me on a path of discovery -
Let's grow together.
Blog Posts
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Sometimes I wish… (starving artist’s prayer)
Sometimes I wish I could tell people how hard it is to be a full-time artist. How difficult it is to make good business decisions when the bank account is regularly hitting the last few remnants. Bills start being late consistently. Opportunities flood the gates but a clear path forward does not emerge. Sometimes I’m…
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Just call me Desire: origins of Zen Desire
The people I work with, my friends, people who look out for me and respect me and protect me, they just call me Desire. And they do it openly. And they don’t make me feel weird about it. They just treat it like my name. Because that’s what it is. A name. I am Desire…
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In the In-Between: autonomy, social anxiety, and visibility
I don’t know how electrolytes became a sign of affection, but here we are. I was so jazzed about January’s post, I wanted to write something really articulate and thought-out. But I’m exhausted of reaching for perfection. I just want to write. In the spirit of my new mantra, “close is enough is great,” I…
My Music
The New Album is Here
Discover Evolution
by Zen Desire
Milestones
Zen Desire releases 2 singles & receives local press.
YouTube
Opening for Tommy Wright III on Boiler Room
Outside of my own music..
Carving my path in music in Memphis has led me to incredible people, places, and things. As one connection leads to another, I aim to record my journey with words the way I record it with music. Stay tuned for the next chapter, and feel free to revisit chapters lived.
These stories weren't lived overnight, and neither will they be written. This section will eventually house these stories, showing how each opportunity is woven into the next.
"You gotta protect your peace, cuz these folks out here will have you out here looking crazy. Yo friends, yo family, these jobs, & especially these n****s."
-Ma Dee
Photos from the woods around my childhood home. In nature there is healing.
"Situate yourself so that you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud."
-Maya Angelou
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