Waking up feels good. You should stretch when you wake— your voice, your hands, your knees. You wake up, you give thanks, you go for a walk around the block and give thanks again. If it's early, it's just you and the trees and the songs will come visit you either way. The melody might come dressed like lightning bugs. It might swing down from the crest of a hill and brush over you like wind. When it does come, be ready to grab it fast. 
 Las Vegas raised with a rebel's heart, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and visual artist Arima Ederra has been catching songs like fireflies since she was five years old.