Who is Tommi Aura?

I have to be honest, I’m still figuring it out.

Bam, that’s the blog post. Just kidding, I have too many thoughts for one sentence. Hi! I’m Tommi Aura. I’m an artist based in LA, but originally from the East Coast. You might have known me as Tomboy, my former stage name, but now I am Tommi Aura. I wish my name change was that easy of a choice, but there was a lot that went into it. I think a future blog post is deserving for that transition. Anyways, now that we have the first date basic bio of myself and who I am out of the way, let’s get deeper.

I’m a cancer, so my love language is getting deep. If someone was to ask me who I am, like who I really am, I wouldn’t have a simple answer. Think about it. If some random stranger was to come up to you and ask, “who are you?”, how would you respond? I would be shocked if you could answer within seconds of them asking. It would probably take you a bit to really think about it. I mean, you would want to do yourself justice, right? You deserve a long, well thought out answer!

I think when you’re in your twenties it’s even harder to answer. I’m learning that your twenties are about establishing who you are, finding yourself and defining your relationship with the world around you. So asking me who I am is hard to say right now. Sometimes I think I’m the best child, best friend, best artist, best person ever. Sometimes I think I’m the absolute worst and spiral into a hole of negativity and fear (sorry to be dramatic). Sometimes I define myself by my work and what I do. Sometimes I define myself by my spiritual life, my relationships and what I’m learning and contributing to the world around me.

Regardless of how I’m feeling on a day to day basis, this first blog post is for me to say, yes I’m an artist, yes I do some cool things, but I’m still figuring myself out. Even if it all looks good on paper, I’m still just a human figuring themselves out and having a human experience. My hope is that you can relate and maybe we can become virtual friends! I’m really excited to be writing a blog again. I had one when I first moved to NYC at 18 (there will for sure be a blog post on how I manifested this new blog, stay tuned), but fell away from it. I’m happy to be back and writing in a different way than music.

I hope you’re having a great April and enjoyed this read. See you next month!

Xoxo,

Tommi Aura