Re: another viewpoint.....:)

[Tamela Sloan <sloan>]

Thank you, well put...

On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, cyberhabilis wrote:

> Jenifer Swanson wrote:
> 
> > I would love to hear words from her
> > that a new generation could admire.
> 
> I can understand yours & Todd's POV.
> 
> >From what PS said, P&N was actually the album that she & Fred had planned to
> do together. GA was a result of circumstances, inspired by costly events in
> her life. I feel still feel uneasy appreciating the art of GA knowing the
> price of such art. If you watched the Charlie Rose interview, losing FS & TS
> - these are cumulatively *too* fresh for her to have any new perspectives
> yet. It was hard to watch.
> 
> A quote from the only TV show I watch regularly:
> "Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the the death of
> dreams. Against this peril, we can never surrender. The future is all around
> us, waiting in moments of transition to be born in moments of revelation. No
> one knows the shape of that future, or where it will take us. We know only
> that it is always born in pain. (G'Kar, Z'ha'Dum episode, Babylon 5)
> 
> Me again:
> Also, she's preoccupied with raising J&J, as she should well be. Going back
> to pro ain't easy, as is simply building a new life. Getting over with
> greiving means taking time out to heal, to grow anew. You need a springboard
> to launch from to create fresh new art, and being busy conscientiously
> raising kids or trying to put your life back together takes time.
> 
> I suspect, because P&N is, as PS termed it, a 'band album' co-written by the
> band, it reflects the cohesiveness of what is functionally a *NEW* band
> trying to fill a _void_. I think it may be the case that they are still
> learning to be a band.
> 
> I've learned to abandon expectations and watch the process.
> 
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