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Sometimes it's easy to forget that the world is a constant mass of writhing organisms, constantly changing and evolving into different forms. I suppose it's what people mean when they say "back in my day", as their 'day' felt a lot different to the now. Of course there are tangible changes being made at all times, but I had the pleasure this week of experiencing a more ethereal form of nostalgia.
It's one thing to try and create an abstraction of something physical/with tactile form, but what about the rest. After all, the real appeal of abstraction has to be its attempt to represent the intangible and ethereal elements of existence. Or even, the simple things in life that we are unable to see, but experience every day.
One rainy afternoon in high school, I rode the bus home and a guy in my year handed me a cassette. It was Soundgarden's Superunknown; "you wanna buy that from me?" he asked, but I wasn't sure so borrowed it to have a listen. Of course I knew who Soundgarden were, but this was the first I'd seen of their new album and I was a kid in school with no money.
I'm at a bit of a loss when thinking about a theme for this week's post, as it's been a long and busy week. At the same time I've had a fairly pleasurable week on account of picking up some new music, which I find always inspires creativity. So maybe that's something to talk about…
There are always a few key elements of any day that can spark an idea. It could be as vague as a feeling or a concept; or sometimes a complete and detailed image will unveil itself from somewhere within. This week it's been music that inspired a couple of doodles from song names I hadn't heard in a long time.
