Soundscape #37: This Too Shall Pass
Hugo Leglise. La Defense, Late Afternoon, 2006.
If you really think about it, we don't live our life by the hour nor the day. If I were to ask you what you had for lunch last Tuesday, would you know? In contrast, some days are forever marked by past events. I realised that for me, I live my life quite half-arsedly half the time. All the self-improvement "gurus" would tell me that I'd have to really grab the bull by its horns. Carpe Diem. Live each day as if it were your last. But can we really do that? It's a bitch to even wake up some mornings, much less make it through the day. Think about it, if it were my last day today, would I really be at work right now? I hardly think so.
It's more likely that we live our lives through moments, through the interstitials. We only know we are alive when we catch ourselves being ourselves in the spaces that were never intended to be such; a different context, perhaps. We only know we are alive when we are about to die. And it's not easy to lie to yourself about something as fundamental as that. If your mind doesn't believe you are going to die today, the harsh reality of it is that you'd still have to be at work earning your keep.
It's those moments that you live for that make life worth living. Looking forward to something and living for it; nothing else would matter. Have you ever looked forward to something so much it hurts, right at the pit of your stomach? Hoping and praying that the planets will align just for you as that cynical voice at the back of your head keeps telling you that it will all be over soon and you'd come crushing down from a great height.
Playlist:
1. (0:00) Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining (The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast)
2. (5:20) 18th Dye - Poolhouse Blue (Tribute To A Bus)
3. (12:12) Bloc Party - Waiting For The 7.18 (A Weekend In The City)
4. (16:29) Iron And Wine/Calexico - He Lays In The Reins (In The Reins)
5. (20:08) M. Ward - Deep Dark Well (Transistor Radio)
6. (22:39) Beirut - After The Curtain (KEXP Live)
7. (25:42) Tindersticks - The Not Knowing (Tindersticks)
8. (30:43) Bedhead - The Rest Of The Day (Beheaded)
9. (37:05) Portishead - Wandering Star (Dummy)
10. (41:57) Mogwai - Helicon 1 (Ten Rapid)
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It's more likely that we live our lives through moments, through the interstitials. We only know we are alive when we catch ourselves being ourselves in the spaces that were never intended to be such; a different context, perhaps. We only know we are alive when we are about to die. And it's not easy to lie to yourself about something as fundamental as that. If your mind doesn't believe you are going to die today, the harsh reality of it is that you'd still have to be at work earning your keep.
It's those moments that you live for that make life worth living. Looking forward to something and living for it; nothing else would matter. Have you ever looked forward to something so much it hurts, right at the pit of your stomach? Hoping and praying that the planets will align just for you as that cynical voice at the back of your head keeps telling you that it will all be over soon and you'd come crushing down from a great height.
Playlist:
1. (0:00) Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining (The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast)
2. (5:20) 18th Dye - Poolhouse Blue (Tribute To A Bus)
3. (12:12) Bloc Party - Waiting For The 7.18 (A Weekend In The City)
4. (16:29) Iron And Wine/Calexico - He Lays In The Reins (In The Reins)
5. (20:08) M. Ward - Deep Dark Well (Transistor Radio)
6. (22:39) Beirut - After The Curtain (KEXP Live)
7. (25:42) Tindersticks - The Not Knowing (Tindersticks)
8. (30:43) Bedhead - The Rest Of The Day (Beheaded)
9. (37:05) Portishead - Wandering Star (Dummy)
10. (41:57) Mogwai - Helicon 1 (Ten Rapid)
Labels: indie, soundscapes project, writing
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nuff said.
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