"In Louisiana, a Decadent and Glamorous Sensuality."

Heading south, I finally arrived in Louisiana — and felt enveloped, slowly rising. The streets vibrate with booming hip-hop from every direction, while inside the halls, cool jazz makes you sway. You laugh and say, "On the road, besides Black folks, you hardly see anyone else," yet this very atmosphere gives you courage to consider Memphis or Atlanta. You even start thinking about taking a trip to nearby Baton Rouge.⚡ In this city filled with music, alcohol, guards, and seekers of escape, you’re afraid of moving too slowly — but even more afraid of moving too fast. Immersed in it all, you realize you can’t stop yourself from getting boogie.✨ Then there’s voodoo, gleaming metal and ghosts, death education — everything here gives rise to a kind of decadent yet dazzling sensuality. On Frenchmen Street, we wear sunglasses even without sunshine, collecting outfit praises. A Black brother suddenly pulls over, rolls down his window, asks about the tank top, then shouts, "Y’all so fly." Such bold, beautiful twenties.✨ He says in Red Dead Redemption’s Louisiana, he plays Texas Hold’em in the saloon every night — and if he loses, he’ll burn it all down.⚡ At dusk, standing on the Mississippi River dock, a homeless person emerges from the steps below. Feeling both released and melancholic. Like a white musician leaning against the city’s jazz, smoking and strumming an electric guitar, not caring at all. New Orleans — what a seriously cool city. 🎷🌆✨ #OOTD #Photography #Louisiana #NewOrleans #Essay #Mood #Food #Art #Jazz