These days I am obsessed by light, it is so hard to commodify. I am not talking about a beautiful dawn, or holidays in the sun, or the light that makes a photograph look good. I am talking about brightness itself, the air lit up. The gleam on the surfaces of my typing hands. I love the gift of its arrival. The light you see is always eight and a half minutes old. Always and again. And you think it is shared by everyone but it is not shared, exactly — our eyes are hit by our own, personal photons.
Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.
What's a song that makes you want to learn an instrument?
I grew up in the midst of the Golden Age of Hiphop, in the 80s. Some might not consider it an instrument, but when I saw Grandmaster Flash in the seminal documentary Big Fun in the Big Town on his turntables... or the other DJ's in the movies Beat Street and Wild Style... I learned you can make music from anything, anywhere. Just use your imagination and go wild.
