Emilija x Audio.

Drowning in Dreams | Experimental Audio project

Part of an audio buffet that aired on WGXC | 2025

Drowning In Dreams explores the roles of home and ambitions alongside fragments of personal voice. This is important to me because I think a lot about the value of the little moments that surround us, and the roles of memory and time. With stitching different voices together, I knew I wanted to incorporate a lot of different textures as well as a couple personal soundbites from memories at home, and times when pressure gets the best of me. This project ended up being a lot different than I had originally planned but I think working through it allowed me to follow themes that are important to me and allowed the project to feel more raw and personal.

I hope this piece reminds you that it’s okay to drown in your dreams sometimes- even when it’s hard. No matter how lost you feel or how hard you’re trying to place home when it feels temporary or out of sight- just keep being true to yourself. Even when our minds are our biggest enemies there are so many good fragments to look for. I think you have to doubt yourself at times if your really believe in yourself because you have to push yourself the furthest through making it past the doubt!