And when I choose my color, it will be razzle dazzle rose...
Things That Quicken The Heart
“Anthony Seck, making a documentary on the music and art surrounding Feist’s world. Mary, Leslie, and I did a short segment talking about it all…in front of the mural I made for her album cover.” -Simone Rubi
The Age of Strings
“So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past: IwasabeautifulgirlPleasedon’tgoItoobelievemybodyismadeofglassI’veneverloved-anyoneIthinkofmyselfasfunnyForgiveme…
There was a time when it wasn’t uncommon to use a piece of string to guide words that might otherwise falter on the way to their destinations. Shy people carried a little bundle of string in their pockets, but people considered loudmouths had no less need for it, since those used to being overheard by everyone were often at a loss for how to make themselves heard by someone. The physical distance between two people using a string was small; sometimes the smaller the distance, the greater the need for a piece of string.
The practice of attaching cups to the end of the string came much later. Some say it is related to the irrepresible urge to press shells to our ears, to hear the stil surviving echo of the world’s first expression. Others say it was started by a man who held the end of a string that was unraveled across the ocean by a girl who left for America.
When the world grew bigger, and there wasn’t enough string to keep the things people wanted to say from disappearing into the vastness, the telephone was invented.
Sometimes no length of string is enough to say the thing that needs to be said. In such cases all the string can do, in whatever its form, is conduct a person’s silence.”
- The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
(photo via stewardesses)
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“Shortly after that a very excited fan in the front row handed Leslie an interesting musical instrument that is best described as a miniature xylophone. There was an awkward pause after she took the gift and then she looked at the audience and said, ‘Ok, everyone else bring your gifts to the front now.’ The joke sent the audience into thunderous applause. Getting into her playful vibe she then challenged her multi-talented band mate, Bryden Baird, to incorporate the instrument into the performance at some point in the evening - which, to everyones delight, he did.”
aaaaaahhhhh!!!!! multi-colored rainbow threads.
