Three Excerpts from Kleinzeit
In memoriam Russel Hoban.
NNVSNU TSRUNGH
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Yet the story of Orpheus, it occurs to me, is not just about the desire of the living to resuscitate the dead but about the ways in which the dead drag us along into their shadowy realm because we cannot let them go. So we follow them into the Underworld, descending, descending, until one day we turn and make our way back.
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Again, don’t know where this comes from, but I love it. Do you know, frittedfiltered?
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Radiohead - Live in Praha - 22 How To Disappear Completely
The moment’s already passed,
Yeah, it’s gone.
I’m not here,
This isn’t happening.
Orpheus upon turning to gaze at Eurydice.
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I should clarify, so that no-one gets the wrong idea; I think of this song as Orpheus upon turning to gaze at Eurydice. I remember reading somewhere on the internet that Thom Yorke wrote this in Dublin (hence the reference to the Liffey) at the beginning of a big tour, when he was very anxious and wanted to disappear (of course). To me, though, this song is about anxiety in the present moment: how clear and immediate the moment of “now” can seem during a crisis or a panic attack. I’m interested in how it deals with the denial: denial of one’s identity (“I’M not here”, “That’s not ME”), denial of not-being-in-control (“I go where I please”), and denial of the immediate present moment (“now”, “here” is elsewhere). Interesting to think about how anxiety maybe causes us to feel this way.
About NNVSNU TSRUNGH
this is a blog about Orpheus. the author is a senior undergraduate at Columbia University.
this blog will serve as an aid to/record of the author's thesis project, which will investigate the depiction of Orpheus throughout the course of musical history. the project will culminate in three concerts and a paper (which will be advertised/made available here). feedback and suggestions on all aspects of the project are welcome.
every now and then i write about my life too, but i try to keep things mostly Orphean here.
"NNVSNU TSRUNGH" roughly translates to "I'm afraid I exist", and is a tip of my hat to the great novelist Russell Hoban, without whose books i would not have found the head of Orpheus.
this blog will serve as an aid to/record of the author's thesis project, which will investigate the depiction of Orpheus throughout the course of musical history. the project will culminate in three concerts and a paper (which will be advertised/made available here). feedback and suggestions on all aspects of the project are welcome.
every now and then i write about my life too, but i try to keep things mostly Orphean here.
"NNVSNU TSRUNGH" roughly translates to "I'm afraid I exist", and is a tip of my hat to the great novelist Russell Hoban, without whose books i would not have found the head of Orpheus.
