Soul Journal

Nerthin Philosophy: Nerlosophy

Nerlosophy is a human-centered mindset, attitude, and spiritual philosophy that Nerthin has developed as their grounding principle. It's centered around a spiritual embodiment of the self, in response to the current culture that's flooded with ideas, opinions, takes, and directions on who or how to be. 

“Nerthin” itself is a variation of “Nothing” that we use in response to being questioned for the embodiment of our energy. Whether people question how we're bold enough to wear certain clothing, walk and talk a certain way, or choose to create regardless of what other people think, “Oh it's Nerthin” is always a casual rebuttal that reminds us and the people around us that it's not hard to embody your energy. It's simply tapping into what's already happening inside of you constantly, that being your natural interests, thoughts, opinions, and instincts. To acknowledge this is to understand that You are in a state of Knowin'.  

The Knowin' state is an understanding of your inner world. When you acknowledge your ability, your skills, your talents, affirm them to yourself by saying “I'm Knowin”. Simple really! It's not a crime to praise yourself :)

Key concepts in nerlosophy

  • Embodiment of one's own Energy / Soul
  • Knowin Yourself (and constantly reaffirming it with “I'm Knowin”)
  • “Fear eats the Soul”: Choosing not to let fear drive our actions, and instead leading with confidence in Knowin Yourself
  • Soul Rebels vs. Soul Eaters
  • Soul Bridge: a connection formed between 2 or more souls that must be built and nurtured through human connection to bridge gaps in understanding
  • The alignment of your past and future selves: trusting that future you will make the right decisions and that past you did all they could to get you to this point allows you to remain present consistently
  • Freedom
  • Self Expression
  • Inner-Peace
  • Love (of self and others)
  • Confidence
  • Radical Joy

Song Stories: Philly 

In the world we've been crafting, Philly represents both the city we met in and a place where one can fully embody their most expressive self. Both of us have grown and changed into brand new people while living in the city, and we wanted to make a song to commemorate that shared experience.

The song has gone through many stages (originally it was called “big city boys!” :D) both beat wise and vocally. To match our game world that we're creating, the song has a digital, bitcrushed texture to maintain that vibe. The beat is mad cool too we wanted a pop song that we could get lit to basically.