RADWORLD 02 - MY HEART WEIGHS A TON

And as we slept through the cold, dark night
I felt your familiar, warm hands
snap both of my wings
in one brisk, firm motion.
Fly home, lonely one.
Fly as far as you can.
In agony, I can only sing.
Darling, I have a song for you...

The second in a series of RADWORLD lookbooks, Cas Rodriguez-Miranda (known by most as CASUALRAD) presents more than twenty pages of original mixed-media work that stems from unnamed and unfamiliar emotions, with this entry being titled MY HEART WEIGHS A TON. Paired with the lookbook is a song that coincides with MY HEART WEIGHS A TON, also made completely by Cas Rodriguez-Miranda. All funds go into supporting Mx. Rodriguez-Miranda's continued experimentation of the arts and general fees that come with being a living, breathing person.

A word from the author:
My, how time flies. It has almost been three years since RADWORLD 01 - VISITOR was released onto the public. I do not know how many have read it, but I imagine it's at least over thirty, which is a lot more than I'd have ever expected. If I am to be completely honest, RADWORLD 02 has been (mostly) done for almost two years now... and yet I felt hesitant. One could chalk it up to life rapidly changing (I was, after all, three years younger), but there was something else, too. A denseness in my chest that would not leave. It came when I mourned the loss of loved ones, as it did when I cheered for the success of old friends. I don't quite know what it is, but I know I feel it above everything else. At times, the sensation can be quite alienating, and often does it want to convince me that I am the only who cares. But... I know better than that. Surely, I cannot be the only one who cares.
This love must be enough. It must be. I grew tired of worrying whether such love could carry me through, and so I dropped everything on my plate to finally give this love the end it deserves. Whether or not this love will reciprocate my feelings is irrelevant. I'll always try my best to feel regardless. My heart weighs a ton. I hope those who feel this denseness resonate with this lookbook, a culmination of my love and my sorrow and the bonds that tie the two together.

With my face to the sun,

Cas Rodriguez-Miranda
CASUALRAD

contents found with your purchase
- one ZIP file (to preserve file storage) that contains:

      - one PDF file of RADWORLD lookbook no. 2 - MY HEART WEIGHS A TON

      - one WAV file of the song BLACK BEAN SOUP