I believe that many people who live with some sort of “feeling of destiny” can be just as far off their track as those who never had a “life-project”. What if we place ourselves everyday, with full commitment, in somebody else’s “thing”? Is the enthusiasm, the anticipation, and the amount of sweat we produce really enough for our quest to be justified?
We should be terrified by the possibility of us sitting in an alien’s life-plan; while our very own “thing” lies in a heavenly limbo, watched over by a drowsy angel – an old store keeper with dusty wings, snoozing in his chair. Waiting for nobody.
PS: Charlotte Gainsbourg‘s new album IRM is unbelievably good. Beck‘s contribution – as a songwriter – is of course substantial, but just like it happened in her previous collaboration with Air, she makes the music she sings seem surreal, subtle, sensual and yet dramatically serious and somehow threatening. “Heaven can wait” , one of the most pop-friendly songs on the album, would have made the perfect soundtrack for the previous post. I’m keeping “Trick Pony” for today’s post (chilly lyrics, alarming beat), but I won’t say a word yet about my favorites on the album.
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If you keep trying out a tight pair of jeans they’ll probably fit in the end (if you lose weight etc.) My point is: if you keep trying to do a “thing” there’s a chance to make it your own. The thing you try is your thing, not the one that stays “in a heavenly limbo” waiting for you.
Charlotte is so great and she reminds me of you
lovely photo. Who took it?
So… I’m watching the video for “Heaven Can Wait” and thinking “I know that woman from something, not music but… AH! Jane Eyre opposite William Hurt.
Great music from her. Thanks for posting these, Adela.
that’s von trier’s girl.. didn’t knew she sings!
Absolutely accurate, Sir/Miss!!
Very gentle image. Maybe you should paint it….