October 13, 2017
Good Fruit Co.
Ashley Court is a search for meaning in the mundane. In six songs, NAK proudly presents the second chapter of his mundane story. A story of a second-generation non-Tagalog-speaking Filipino American: not quite Filipino but not quite American. A story of a predominantly white community in the suburbs. A story of a bachelor's degree in nursing. A story of hip hop, art, video games, family, friends, life, and death. What good could possibly come from such a bland experience (even NAK thinks it's boring)? In the words of the rapper himself, "I don't know. But I know someone, somewhere will find something timeless." For the rest of us, let us train our eyes and minds to identify beauty and sacredness in the ordinary; to treat what is normal as sacred. Above all, there is unrivaled freedom when we discover that all things--even the most painful things, the seemingly hopeless things, and especially the mundane things--are laden with divine purpose.