I got my hands on some Fever Ray tracks a little over a month ago and today checked out the video for the song "If I Had a Heart." I loved, loved, and love this particular song, now seeing the video for it- speechless. It captures the mood of the song perfectly. So haunting, so beautiful, there's this eerie simplicity to it (both the song and the video) and at the same time this weight and heaviness. A wonderful juxtaposition of sound, emotions, and now visuals. And oh, it doesn't hurt that the lyrics to this song is written for my life. this will never end cause i want more more, give me more, give me more
this will never end cause i want more more, give me more, give me more
if i had a heart i could love you if i had a voice i would sing after the night when i wake up i'll see what tomorrow brings
if i had a voice i would sing
dangling feet from window frame will i ever ever reach the floor? more, give me more, give me more
crushed and filled with all i found underneath and inside just to come around more, give me more, give me more
Michelle Jane Lee’s art is minimalist in form yet muscular in content. There is a complexity, density; to put it simply, there is a lot of heart in her often times sparse drawings and paintings.
She is about going back to the moment of childhood possibility before our imaginations become impoverished and our options seemingly circumscribed. Her work reminds us that things could be different, if only we are brave enough to embrace the free fall, letting go of all of our prosthetics that keep us from realizing our freedom.
2 comments:
reminds me of The Knife.
good ear! ever Ray is the solo project of of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife : )
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