Moon Prose

Hi there!

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I’m Astrid.

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I’m a 25 year old writer and artist, born in Miami to Dominican parents. I grew up surrounded by a mix of cultures, traditions, music, stories, and very strong personalities, all of which probably had something to do with the way I came to see the world.

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I’ve always been drawn to the arts. Writing is at the center of what I do, but I love anything that gives people a way to make something out of being alive. Painting, film, theater, fashion, music, literature. I’m fascinated by the way people have spent centuries trying to capture things that are otherwise difficult to explain: love, grief, beauty, longing, faith, loneliness, memory, desire.

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Visually, I tend to gravitate toward Renaissance, Romantic, and Pre-Raphaelite art. I love work that feels ethereal and symbolic, particularly the kind you can stand in front of for a long time and continue finding something new in. My taste in literature is much the same. I love Wordsworth for his reverence toward nature, Dostoevsky for the messiness of being human, Kafka for making the strange feel disturbingly familiar, and countless others I could probably talk about for far too long.

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Music has been the most constant presence in my life. I was a violinist and former concertmaster, and although I no longer play the way I once did, that part of my life never really left me. Classical music, especially music from the Romantic period, remains particularly close to my heart, but my listening habits stretch far and wide. Sephardic music, Nordic folk, tambores, opera, doo-wop, metal, old love songs, orchestral works, and whatever else I happen to fall in love with that week. My Spotify library makes very little sense from the outside, but it makes perfect sense to me.

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When I was younger, I was constantly told that I had my head in the clouds. They weren’t entirely wrong. I’ve always drifted off in daydreams, although I’ve grown to appreciate that quality rather than apologize for it. Curiosity is probably one of the biggest forces in my life. I want to know how other people live, what they believe, what they create, what they remember, what they celebrate, and what they have carried with them through generations.

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The more I learn about people, history, art, and culture, the more convinced I become that we are both far stranger and far more alike than we tend to think.

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For a long time, I was happiest keeping much of myself to myself. As I’ve grown older, I’ve come to appreciate connection much more. I love the idea of people finding one another through something they have made, read, heard, or loved. That is a large part of why this website exists.

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This is where I keep my writing, my poetry, my interests, and the things that make me stop and think. Some of it is romantic. Some of it is personal. Some of it may be a little strange. That is probably unavoidable.

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More than anything, I hope this can be a warm little corner of the internet for people who still like to wonder about things.​ If you’re one of them, you’re very welcome here.