Every picture has its shadows
And it has some source of light
Blindness, blindness and sight
The perils of benefactors
The blessings of parasites
Blindness, blindness and sight
Threatened by all things
Devil of cruelty
Drawn to all things
Devil of delight
Mythical devil of the ever-present laws
Governing blindness, blindness and sight
Suntans in reservation dining rooms
Pale miners in their lantern rays
Night, night and day
Hostage smile on presidents
Freedom scribbled in the subway
It's like night, night and day
Threatened by all things
God of cruelty
Drawn to all things
God of delight
Mythical god of the everlasting laws
Governing day, day and night
Critics of all expression
Judges in black and white
Saying it's wrong, saying it's right
Compelled by prescribed standards
Or some ideals we fight
For wrong, wrong and right
Threatened by all things
Man of cruelty-mark of Cain
Drawn to all things
Man of delight-born again, born again
Man of the laws, the ever-broken laws
Governing wrong, wrong and right
Governing wrong, wrong and right
Wrong and right
this is one of my favorite songs by Joni Mitchell. started listening to her a few years back. her presence (whether conscious or not) seems to be woven into so much of what i do. i guess that is my disclaimer for what is to come. we shall see in what direction it goes. but music, my guitar, is what i love. and im sure it will be somehow visible in my photos.
2 comments:
I can't wait to see the direction your work will take. Do you write music?
all the time. i started in high school and its been such a huge outlet for me ever since. a feeling i cant get from anything else.
its funny tho, how it has shown up in my drawings and sculptures, almost a subconscious admittance of where my mind would rather be.
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