Your Summer Road Trip Playlist

There�s nothing that says �freedom� quite like a road trip. When viewing the countryside with good friends, music and nothing ahead except the open road and a destination still faraway, everything becomes possible; even everyday tasks fill with wonder.

The world opens up in a car on a road trip. It has our attention.

American author Annie Dillard wrote that in one square foot of soil there are 1,356 living creatures present, each being in their own complex ways. She implies: we could spend our whole lives learning to know the microscopic detail right underneath our feet and still not finish.

Road trips remind us of this, of the marvel present in places everywhere.

So whether you�re embarking on a trip or staying home, here�s to celebrating the novel and the mundane. Here�s to having new experiences, and to the things we already know how to do. Here�s to being excited about our lives, both on Mondays mornings and on Friday nights.

Because whether you�re on the road or in our town, we all still have to do everyday things. It�s the everyday that gives shape and rhythm to the color that weaves its way through our hours.

This is a tribute to the daring it takes to find adventure at home or away, to the nerve in experiencing freedom in the ordinary and extraordinary.

An homage. With suggested music.

You intrepid woman, you.

For an extended playlist, visit our website at flourish.io.

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Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian

Drops of Jupiter

by Train

Model: Vona Sitzes

Clothes: Ophelia in Cape Girardeau

Props: Pastimes Antiques in Cape Girardeau

Pair flowy cover-ups with printed pants in the same shade to look like you dressed up while feeling like you wore pajamas. Bring on the fun.

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Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian

There She Goes

by The La�s

Model: Abbey Woods

Clothes: Stash in Cape Girardeau

Props: Pastimes Antiques in Cape Girardeau

Car: 1949 DeSoto Custom Club Coupe from Smith Auctions, LLC in Dexter

Declare what you�re passionate about to the world with a quirky graphic tee. It�s true � you�re tee-rific.

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Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian

Here Comes the Sun

by The Beatles

Model: Christy Collier

Add some color to the world on gray days by accessorizing with jackets and jewelry in bright shades. Hello, joy.

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Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian

Rolling in the Deep

by Adele

Model: Grace Albrecht

Location: Lorimont Place Ltd in Jackson

Drums: Shivelbine�s Music in Cape Girardeau

Add a pop of color to a neutral outfit with bright shoes and lipstick in the same shade, paired with a shirt that is the opposite color on the color wheel. Classy and fun � woohoo.

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Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian

These Days

by Rudimental, featuring Jess Glynne,

Macklemore and Dan Caplen

Model: Lacy Burnette

Makeup: Chrissie Shay, at Drop Dead Gorgeous Hair Studio

Location: Cape West Laundry

Wear bright, untraditional colors of lipstick in greens, blues or purples on days when you�re feeling funky and fun. Because you can.