I want to speak with many things
and I won’t leave this planet
without knowing what I came to find,
without resolving this matter,
and people are not enough
I have to go much farther
and I have to get much closer
-Neruda
Though sometimes he spoke in a confused voice, yet one originating from a consistently romantic point of view, to me those words have always seemed pretty selfish. I think I see it in a little different light now, maybe perspective has changed, maybe it doesn’t need to be over-thought.
A photo from Felt, Idaho around 2012, and a very simple one-take theme recorded in Bitwig using Paul Thomson’s ridiculously great Yamaha grand from Spitfire on an SL88 from Studio Logic.