‘Ils ont changé ma chanson…’ de Dalida :)

2038-01-19T03:14:07Z

They have changed by song. I’ve fallen in love with this phrase. It captures growing up so beautifully. Thoughts of what one would have been, could have been, wanted to be. They have changed my song. The world happens, the interrelatedness of things. Changing, over the course of time and circumstance.

Attention or validation? Is the latter really as shameful as it seems?

Martin used to sing that song. 'Ils ont changé ma chanson.' And the world did affect him so much. But he was a pillar in so many ways. A principled man. More than reality, he had a beautiful perception. Reality is perceived. He saw people as they were. Compassion, a deeper humanity.

Logic is to give a comprehension to the story, to our perception of reality. If logic doesn’t lead to this perception, is the logic wrong or is the perception wrong?

Ezra Pound, as I learned in a guest lecture yesterday, and the imagist movement, wanted to capture the feeling of epiphany in a poem.

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd.
Petals on a wet, black bough.

It certainly feels like that. Gentle feeling of realization, a love for the provider.

Have spent the day drinking milky, sugary coffee, and learning. Am trying to learn of the beauty in the world, trying not to simply block things out because I know they lead to terrible consequences, to ravaged bodies and emotions, to the overwhelming fear. But there’s no point sitting around wallowing in the fear. There IS beauty out there. We’re not on this planet very long in these forms. I want to understand as much as I can, to feel as much as possible, to express these connections. 'Ils n'ont rien compris à la chanson.' (My French is crap, but I think that means 'They have never understood the song.') To assume they wouldn't understand, without trying to be understood? I don't want that regret.

Only by understanding prior realizations do we move forward.

… yes, this post is cheese.

They have changed my song. The tempo, perhaps the words. But not the meaning.

‘And everyone in Balenciaga gowns with red corsages, and big dance palaces...'

‘Ils ont changé ma chanson…’ de Dalida :)