Cymphoni Fantastique
@cymphonifantastique.com
Composer, union musician, stargazer (in progress), daffodiliac (daffodils are the best flower).
My cozy little corner of the internet!🍵
Humans deserve life, liberty, dignity, and self-determination. Anything less is not good enough.
My cozy little corner of the internet!🍵
Humans deserve life, liberty, dignity, and self-determination. Anything less is not good enough.
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I think there is something sacred in the act of remembering.
It is beautiful to hold space for things that are important to you. To give something a part of the intangible and infinite space within you. To be able to recall some happiness by reaching into that space.
To be remembered, how special!
It is beautiful to hold space for things that are important to you. To give something a part of the intangible and infinite space within you. To be able to recall some happiness by reaching into that space.
To be remembered, how special!
One of the rare times I wish there was a way to turn a whole video into a big poster I can just give to people.
This is a good lesson for parents, but also for adults to kind of unlearn some of their childhood. There's always room to grow.
This is a good lesson for parents, but also for adults to kind of unlearn some of their childhood. There's always room to grow.
I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad I found her Instagram page!
She be having the “spare rod, spoil the child” crew UPSET! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She be having the “spare rod, spoil the child” crew UPSET! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
One of the rare times I wish there was a way to turn a whole video into a big poster I can just give to people.
This is a good lesson for parents, but also for adults to kind of unlearn some of their childhood. There's always room to grow.
This is a good lesson for parents, but also for adults to kind of unlearn some of their childhood. There's always room to grow.
I have been gardening. I have lots of pictures. I will make a really long thread.
Two Truths and a Lie.😭
...I'm trying. Sometimes I just want to do things without having to present them. I'm sure many people feel that way.
Happy Valentine's Day! Go hug a plant, an elder, yourself, whoever!🩷🌹🩷
Two Truths and a Lie.😭
...I'm trying. Sometimes I just want to do things without having to present them. I'm sure many people feel that way.
Happy Valentine's Day! Go hug a plant, an elder, yourself, whoever!🩷🌹🩷
February 14, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I have been gardening. I have lots of pictures. I will make a really long thread.
Two Truths and a Lie.😭
...I'm trying. Sometimes I just want to do things without having to present them. I'm sure many people feel that way.
Happy Valentine's Day! Go hug a plant, an elder, yourself, whoever!🩷🌹🩷
Two Truths and a Lie.😭
...I'm trying. Sometimes I just want to do things without having to present them. I'm sure many people feel that way.
Happy Valentine's Day! Go hug a plant, an elder, yourself, whoever!🩷🌹🩷
Every day is a good day to learn something. Here is what I've learned:
The soil composition of the ground I'm working on has lots of clay.
Digging a hole is not nearly as easy as cartoons world have one think.
Pineapples can be very mean and scratch you.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
The soil composition of the ground I'm working on has lots of clay.
Digging a hole is not nearly as easy as cartoons world have one think.
Pineapples can be very mean and scratch you.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Every day is a good day to learn something. Here is what I've learned:
The soil composition of the ground I'm working on has lots of clay.
Digging a hole is not nearly as easy as cartoons world have one think.
Pineapples can be very mean and scratch you.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
The soil composition of the ground I'm working on has lots of clay.
Digging a hole is not nearly as easy as cartoons world have one think.
Pineapples can be very mean and scratch you.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
One thing I don't care for is costumes, especially when performing. It's already massively uncomfortable, but wearing some additional pandering silly thing along with it is just so very annoying. I think...this is the thing that makes me most wish I did anything else for a living, even if I love it.
February 13, 2026 at 4:29 AM
One thing I don't care for is costumes, especially when performing. It's already massively uncomfortable, but wearing some additional pandering silly thing along with it is just so very annoying. I think...this is the thing that makes me most wish I did anything else for a living, even if I love it.
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I fluffed out my fro today.
She's a beautiful crown, I tell you!
I'm glad we found a good system for each other so she isn't stressed and I can see her full glory!👸🏿
She's a beautiful crown, I tell you!
I'm glad we found a good system for each other so she isn't stressed and I can see her full glory!👸🏿
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I fluffed out my fro today.
She's a beautiful crown, I tell you!
I'm glad we found a good system for each other so she isn't stressed and I can see her full glory!👸🏿
She's a beautiful crown, I tell you!
I'm glad we found a good system for each other so she isn't stressed and I can see her full glory!👸🏿
...my refusal to check my emails is stressing me out and making me not want to check them even more.
How did I get here?
How did I get here?
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
...my refusal to check my emails is stressing me out and making me not want to check them even more.
How did I get here?
How did I get here?
I want to talk about what I do, but I also don't really feel like it needs to take up space until it's ready.
Like saying that you're going to cook a big meal and not mentioning that you need to go shopping first.
Got everyone all hangry, and waiting, and ordering pizza because you took too long...
Like saying that you're going to cook a big meal and not mentioning that you need to go shopping first.
Got everyone all hangry, and waiting, and ordering pizza because you took too long...
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I want to talk about what I do, but I also don't really feel like it needs to take up space until it's ready.
Like saying that you're going to cook a big meal and not mentioning that you need to go shopping first.
Got everyone all hangry, and waiting, and ordering pizza because you took too long...
Like saying that you're going to cook a big meal and not mentioning that you need to go shopping first.
Got everyone all hangry, and waiting, and ordering pizza because you took too long...
I watched the Bunny-bowl again. The first time I didn't really have all of the context for all of the symbolism used everywhere. But I liked it and recognized it as a well-crafted performance. I got some of the symbols and recognized a lot of crossover with black culture.
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I watched the Bunny-bowl again. The first time I didn't really have all of the context for all of the symbolism used everywhere. But I liked it and recognized it as a well-crafted performance. I got some of the symbols and recognized a lot of crossover with black culture.
Bold to assume the people complaining about the superbowl show are cultured enough to enjoy opera.
February 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Bold to assume the people complaining about the superbowl show are cultured enough to enjoy opera.
Pokepath TD has me in a chokehold, help!😭
1 more hour, then I must do my work.😤
1 more hour, then I must do my work.😤
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Pokepath TD has me in a chokehold, help!😭
1 more hour, then I must do my work.😤
1 more hour, then I must do my work.😤
I got to feed my inner child today. It came out so nice!😄
In this Black History Month and everyday, let us celebrate ourselves as we are and love one another radically and unabashedly.
"We have come over a way that with tears has been watered."
The miracle of our existence is worth celebrating!🎉
In this Black History Month and everyday, let us celebrate ourselves as we are and love one another radically and unabashedly.
"We have come over a way that with tears has been watered."
The miracle of our existence is worth celebrating!🎉
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I got to feed my inner child today. It came out so nice!😄
In this Black History Month and everyday, let us celebrate ourselves as we are and love one another radically and unabashedly.
"We have come over a way that with tears has been watered."
The miracle of our existence is worth celebrating!🎉
In this Black History Month and everyday, let us celebrate ourselves as we are and love one another radically and unabashedly.
"We have come over a way that with tears has been watered."
The miracle of our existence is worth celebrating!🎉
"Thula klizeo nala pase kaya.
Kaya nala pase kaya."
These are the words to a song I'm trying to teach a community choir. It's a Zulu hymn that is translated to "Be still my heart. Even here, I am at peace."
Which is like, don't be afraid even in bad times. We can find peace even then.
Lovely song
Kaya nala pase kaya."
These are the words to a song I'm trying to teach a community choir. It's a Zulu hymn that is translated to "Be still my heart. Even here, I am at peace."
Which is like, don't be afraid even in bad times. We can find peace even then.
Lovely song
February 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"Thula klizeo nala pase kaya.
Kaya nala pase kaya."
These are the words to a song I'm trying to teach a community choir. It's a Zulu hymn that is translated to "Be still my heart. Even here, I am at peace."
Which is like, don't be afraid even in bad times. We can find peace even then.
Lovely song
Kaya nala pase kaya."
These are the words to a song I'm trying to teach a community choir. It's a Zulu hymn that is translated to "Be still my heart. Even here, I am at peace."
Which is like, don't be afraid even in bad times. We can find peace even then.
Lovely song
Alternatively, I'd rather leave than wake up a popsicle.🤭
Suddenly greatful I have a partner with a similar sleep temperature, lol😅
Suddenly greatful I have a partner with a similar sleep temperature, lol😅
THIS. My AC goes down to 62° at bedtime, you going to bed with shit on 70° or higher? I'm going home.
I hate sleeping at people house and their AC don’t get cold as mine. I’m finna go home!
February 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Alternatively, I'd rather leave than wake up a popsicle.🤭
Suddenly greatful I have a partner with a similar sleep temperature, lol😅
Suddenly greatful I have a partner with a similar sleep temperature, lol😅
You know...it's really weird to define yourself by what you are not. And even weirder to gatekeep the people you use to define yourself so you are defined by the things you keep them from achieving. But then you get mad when they achieve other things that you like, so you steal their stuff.
February 8, 2026 at 8:33 AM
You know...it's really weird to define yourself by what you are not. And even weirder to gatekeep the people you use to define yourself so you are defined by the things you keep them from achieving. But then you get mad when they achieve other things that you like, so you steal their stuff.
You ever hear a song and it kind of sounds like someone?
This one is that cool and sweet person in your life. They got their quirks, but they only enhance that person's charms. There's an undercurrent of darkness, but we all have that. This person takes it in stride.💛
tidal.com/track/285186/
This one is that cool and sweet person in your life. They got their quirks, but they only enhance that person's charms. There's an undercurrent of darkness, but we all have that. This person takes it in stride.💛
tidal.com/track/285186/
John Coltrane - The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Listen to The Night Has a Thousand Eyes on TIDAL
tidal.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 AM
You ever hear a song and it kind of sounds like someone?
This one is that cool and sweet person in your life. They got their quirks, but they only enhance that person's charms. There's an undercurrent of darkness, but we all have that. This person takes it in stride.💛
tidal.com/track/285186/
This one is that cool and sweet person in your life. They got their quirks, but they only enhance that person's charms. There's an undercurrent of darkness, but we all have that. This person takes it in stride.💛
tidal.com/track/285186/
Wow. I smashed my finger like an hour ago and it's only just now hurting...
Why? I thought we were good?
Why? I thought we were good?
February 6, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Wow. I smashed my finger like an hour ago and it's only just now hurting...
Why? I thought we were good?
Why? I thought we were good?
Why should we have to choose?
It's a whole interconnected experience, you know?
A simpler answer, I guess, is existing as a black person is the best thing about being black (for me).
Idk. I feel like there's a whole essay one could write about this, but I'm too tired, lol
I'd read it though.
It's a whole interconnected experience, you know?
A simpler answer, I guess, is existing as a black person is the best thing about being black (for me).
Idk. I feel like there's a whole essay one could write about this, but I'm too tired, lol
I'd read it though.
Black people, what’s your favorite thing about being black?
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Why should we have to choose?
It's a whole interconnected experience, you know?
A simpler answer, I guess, is existing as a black person is the best thing about being black (for me).
Idk. I feel like there's a whole essay one could write about this, but I'm too tired, lol
I'd read it though.
It's a whole interconnected experience, you know?
A simpler answer, I guess, is existing as a black person is the best thing about being black (for me).
Idk. I feel like there's a whole essay one could write about this, but I'm too tired, lol
I'd read it though.
I made veggie bread!
Wait, hear me out! It tastes good, but it looks kind of ugly. I'm not very good at baking and I usually make soda bread anyway.
I made a yeast bread for the first time, but I couldn't knead it properly because I didn't want to touch the dough.
Ugly dough = ugly (tasty) bread
Wait, hear me out! It tastes good, but it looks kind of ugly. I'm not very good at baking and I usually make soda bread anyway.
I made a yeast bread for the first time, but I couldn't knead it properly because I didn't want to touch the dough.
Ugly dough = ugly (tasty) bread
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I made veggie bread!
Wait, hear me out! It tastes good, but it looks kind of ugly. I'm not very good at baking and I usually make soda bread anyway.
I made a yeast bread for the first time, but I couldn't knead it properly because I didn't want to touch the dough.
Ugly dough = ugly (tasty) bread
Wait, hear me out! It tastes good, but it looks kind of ugly. I'm not very good at baking and I usually make soda bread anyway.
I made a yeast bread for the first time, but I couldn't knead it properly because I didn't want to touch the dough.
Ugly dough = ugly (tasty) bread
A very polite way to call out Netflix. What if more people sent a similar letter?
Here's the body of the letter I'm sending to Netflix tomorrow:
I’ve been a Netflix customer since 2009, when Netflix’s business model consisted of mailing DVDs for personal viewing. Netflix’s recent action leaves me wishing your company had stuck to mailing discs with return envelopes.
I’ve been a Netflix customer since 2009, when Netflix’s business model consisted of mailing DVDs for personal viewing. Netflix’s recent action leaves me wishing your company had stuck to mailing discs with return envelopes.
February 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
A very polite way to call out Netflix. What if more people sent a similar letter?
#Blacksky Quote this with a song about Blackness you love.
I heard this song as a teen, and I think that's when I really did start falling in love with my skin too.
tidal.com/track/616080/
Honorable Mention: Chocolate High
Love that one too! Really anything from her!🥰
I heard this song as a teen, and I think that's when I really did start falling in love with my skin too.
tidal.com/track/616080/
Honorable Mention: Chocolate High
Love that one too! Really anything from her!🥰
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 AM
#Blacksky Quote this with a song about Blackness you love.
I heard this song as a teen, and I think that's when I really did start falling in love with my skin too.
tidal.com/track/616080/
Honorable Mention: Chocolate High
Love that one too! Really anything from her!🥰
I heard this song as a teen, and I think that's when I really did start falling in love with my skin too.
tidal.com/track/616080/
Honorable Mention: Chocolate High
Love that one too! Really anything from her!🥰
Please look at this incredible art that I need a room full of.
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
North Star - Polaris -
I found my new favorite brush to use on just about everything ;u;
I found my new favorite brush to use on just about everything ;u;
February 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Please look at this incredible art that I need a room full of.
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
Please look at this incredible art that I need a room full of.
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
North Star - Polaris -
I found my new favorite brush to use on just about everything ;u;
I found my new favorite brush to use on just about everything ;u;
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Please look at this incredible art that I need a room full of.
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
Please look at this incredible art that I need a room full of.
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
North Star - Polaris -
I found my new favorite brush to use on just about everything ;u;
I found my new favorite brush to use on just about everything ;u;
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Please look at this incredible art that I need a room full of.
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
The whole page is full of art! And there's a store with even more and stickers! They have STICKERS!!!😭
I went to the garden today and put the plants back in the sun! They're probably really happy! I hope I'll be judged favorably by the plant council.
...don't worry about it. Pics later this week. 'kay bye!
...don't worry about it. Pics later this week. 'kay bye!
February 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I went to the garden today and put the plants back in the sun! They're probably really happy! I hope I'll be judged favorably by the plant council.
...don't worry about it. Pics later this week. 'kay bye!
...don't worry about it. Pics later this week. 'kay bye!