Your voice suits the music perfectly. I was listening to Sparks’ “I Predict” just before this and it’s a perfect segue. The instrumental is a solid fusion. I once studied portraiture as a methodology, so I definitely enjoyed the final stanza, for all the Beat poetry allusions you made!
Oh wow thanks, Angel. I have been listening to a good amount Sparks lately, so great. It was a kids ukulele with a random out of tune tuning that started it.
Also, apologies I owe you a tape in the mail, the holidays threw me off but I’ll get this out soon!
I keep thinking about the "fuel of self-portraiture". A wonderful turn of phrase. Like the opiate of a lost generation.
It was via Adam Curtis I came across the idea that the legacy of 20th century psychology is that self is just a story we tell ourselves. presumably born in Nietzsche's ideas about the will?
Is this why youth seeks a canvas for survival of the self? Hello Facestackagram.
Thank you! Yes, I see what you mean, I wasn't thinking that precisely or eruditely with the "fuel of self-portraiture" phrase, but it fits with the idea of children being reflections of one's self and somehow soothing to one's self-image...for better or worse. There's some connection between selfies and taking pictures of your kids for the gram, etc. etc.
Hypnotic, soothing, and troubling. Forgetfulness of my own. And my mind kept being drawn to my four young-adult sons
Four! My goodness. Thank you, Kenneth.
Your voice suits the music perfectly. I was listening to Sparks’ “I Predict” just before this and it’s a perfect segue. The instrumental is a solid fusion. I once studied portraiture as a methodology, so I definitely enjoyed the final stanza, for all the Beat poetry allusions you made!
Oh wow thanks, Angel. I have been listening to a good amount Sparks lately, so great. It was a kids ukulele with a random out of tune tuning that started it.
Also, apologies I owe you a tape in the mail, the holidays threw me off but I’ll get this out soon!
I keep thinking about the "fuel of self-portraiture". A wonderful turn of phrase. Like the opiate of a lost generation.
It was via Adam Curtis I came across the idea that the legacy of 20th century psychology is that self is just a story we tell ourselves. presumably born in Nietzsche's ideas about the will?
Is this why youth seeks a canvas for survival of the self? Hello Facestackagram.
Thank you! Yes, I see what you mean, I wasn't thinking that precisely or eruditely with the "fuel of self-portraiture" phrase, but it fits with the idea of children being reflections of one's self and somehow soothing to one's self-image...for better or worse. There's some connection between selfies and taking pictures of your kids for the gram, etc. etc.
I'm really enjoying this one (literally; I'm playing it as I type, while work is a dumpster fire).
Thanks man! Good luck with the dumpster fire, hope you emerge unscathed.
Thanks! It worked out in the end. I guess that's one upside to having things go sideways first thing in the morning.
Your lyrics are gorgeous!! 🙌
Thanks so much, Chloe, that means a lot! ♥️♥️♥️
This song filed me with an exuberance I forgot I could feel!
This comment filled me with exuberance! Cheers.