Saturday, March 24, 2007

I've held my ground, now I'm gaining soul...

Pardon me for a moment while I take off my critic lab coat, and put on my caring friend apron...

I was checking out the two new B.R.M.C. songs from their upcoming album yesterday, and while I had them playing in one open window, I was checking my friend Kim's livejournal in another (this would be the same Kim who has tried on the professional photographer hat, and it fits her pretty well - see link on the right). I usually try not to read the diaries of my friends, because I kinda feel like it's knowing something they haven't felt is important enough to tell me, but I do, on occasion pop by.

Kim speaks of feeling as though she is in a slump with her recent pictures, and her desire to emerge from the funk; she's in a state of transition and rebirth, she's moving and recalibrating herself into a temporary & smaller place. And right then, a sort of synchronicity hit me, a kind of reassurance butting heads with melancholy. Kim has been a great friend to me for over seven years now, and back around when the first B.R.M.C. album came out, Kim helped me make the first version of the Cut Shallow website. Blogs weren't hot yet; I had no clue about html, but Kim did, and she had a better computer, and her Dad had free webspace that he let me post on. And so when I heard these new Black Rebel songs, sounding more like the first album than the last two, it made me embrace all that Kim has done to help me put my ramblings out into the ether for people to read. And so I say to her - Kim, don't worry. Your photography is excellent. So have faith. I do.

2 comments:

Veronica said...

Both you and Kim are destined for greatness in your arts. You both show the world to us in such unique ways, through her photography, your paintings, and your writings and I am always so eager to see what's next. I have such a positive feeling that you both will find happiness and success within the art you create and share with us. Keep it up!

Joel said...

Synchronicity or Scrantonicity?