A second head is key. Or, if you want to think about it differently, another opinion is key. I’m realizing this more and more. Finally, letting the absolute fact seep in that the ideas in my head might require some editing. Some polishing. But there’s a criterium in these things. They have to want to [...]
Posts under ‘Inspiration’
Where it all is
Today I haven’t done much “workâ€, per se. Which is an odd thing to say, really, and not necessarily the truth. I’ve spent today reading and just generally being a sponge. It is in doing this that I realize the absolutely necessity of such a posture for a writer. And I’ll explain why after this [...]
Love for Bon Iver spreads
This morning I was greeted with an email linking me to an interview with Bon Iver on Music Weekly. Therein you will hear that the Guardian is ranking it of the Top Albums of the year. As well, and this was news to me, Bon Iver performed on David Letterman last week (12/11). The video [...]
Brain Thread
There’s something that wants to come out right now, but I’m not sure which ‘something’ I want to hold the cage upon for. That’s the way it ends up after watching a great film, seeing something inspiring, drinking a eye-opening song or album. And that’s where I am right now. I’m in bed. There are [...]
Another day, indoors ordering in
If you’ve been following my twitter feed you’ll know of my new found love for Bon Iver. They paint a scene with sorrowful yet hopeful vocals, simple rhythms like trudging through the snow, and melodies delicately falling into place, filling tracks in the powder. For Emma, Forever Ago isn’t just refreshingly acute, it’s brilliantly understated. [...]
