Many posts have been going through my mind, but none of them got written down. "A Manifesto against lace" and "Dirty Cold City", "Back on my Feet"... these are the titles of the posts that will remain in my mental safebox for now But today total laziness about my homework and the sunshine and my signing of a contract (I love signing important things..) aH.... It' the perfect time for a double post.
They Don't Make Men Like Jerry Garcia Anymore! A.K.A. Redefining the sex-symbol.
Today the sunshine induce me to put Wake of the Flood on, and do some reading with a Grateful Dead background. I had heard it before, but I think it just had to be heard many times before I could fully appreciate the amazingness behind it, the subtle harmonies and the poetry of teh lyrics.
My personal favourite:
Stella Blue
And then there is Jerry Garcia..... oh Jerry Garcia.
Jerry Garcia is not the epithome of sexiness in the conventional sense. But, I will argue, here is where the conventional sense reveals its futility. Jerry Garcia is truly a seductive character, a charming man. Pherhaps it is the fact that he is such a great musician, that you see him singing and playing these songs. But he is so much more than that. He is beautiful to look at, he is beautiful when he speaks, when he walks. He is not a beautiful cover page, he is a beautiful living breathing person. His face inspires confidence and friendliness, but has such special features that sticks in your mind.
Jerry Garcia is the unsung sex symbol of the hippie 1960's. He is the embodiment of real beauty, of warmth and charm, style and talent. In a way he, like David Crosby, embody an aesthetic male ideal that has disappeared. Maybe it's our society's condemnation of young beards and moustaches as ridiculous? Maybe it's the loss of the value of conversation, of knowing how to speak well and seduce others through words? Maybe a general downplay of creativity as attractive? Who knows.
One of my favourite Jerry Garcia moments: his little confession to Janis Joplin. "Janis, I love you ever since the day I saw you". DOn't know what happened later. And of course, they were all a little bit into the music... but you got to love it at 4:18.
When in doubt... knit tentacles!
And the latest knitting news: here it is: THE JELLYFISH!
This was so much fun to do, and I hope the person I made it for will like it. Used scraps of yarn I had from other things. The funky orange ones has perfect colours =)
(click on the pictures for the project page on Ravelry )
They Don't Make Men Like Jerry Garcia Anymore! A.K.A. Redefining the sex-symbol.
Today the sunshine induce me to put Wake of the Flood on, and do some reading with a Grateful Dead background. I had heard it before, but I think it just had to be heard many times before I could fully appreciate the amazingness behind it, the subtle harmonies and the poetry of teh lyrics.
My personal favourite:
Stella Blue
And then there is Jerry Garcia..... oh Jerry Garcia.
Jerry Garcia is not the epithome of sexiness in the conventional sense. But, I will argue, here is where the conventional sense reveals its futility. Jerry Garcia is truly a seductive character, a charming man. Pherhaps it is the fact that he is such a great musician, that you see him singing and playing these songs. But he is so much more than that. He is beautiful to look at, he is beautiful when he speaks, when he walks. He is not a beautiful cover page, he is a beautiful living breathing person. His face inspires confidence and friendliness, but has such special features that sticks in your mind.
Jerry Garcia is the unsung sex symbol of the hippie 1960's. He is the embodiment of real beauty, of warmth and charm, style and talent. In a way he, like David Crosby, embody an aesthetic male ideal that has disappeared. Maybe it's our society's condemnation of young beards and moustaches as ridiculous? Maybe it's the loss of the value of conversation, of knowing how to speak well and seduce others through words? Maybe a general downplay of creativity as attractive? Who knows.
One of my favourite Jerry Garcia moments: his little confession to Janis Joplin. "Janis, I love you ever since the day I saw you". DOn't know what happened later. And of course, they were all a little bit into the music... but you got to love it at 4:18.
When in doubt... knit tentacles!
And the latest knitting news: here it is: THE JELLYFISH!
This was so much fun to do, and I hope the person I made it for will like it. Used scraps of yarn I had from other things. The funky orange ones has perfect colours =)
(click on the pictures for the project page on Ravelry )