I always feel just a little bit sorry for k.d. when she is put on the “Buddhism” Hot Seat like she was at Royce Hall June 20, 2015. While it is true that she is a practicing Buddhist, talking about her own spiritual journey is not something she seems to really enjoy. Of course, I […]
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k.d. lang’s Own Private “Raft of the Medusa”
One of the things I like about music and art, is that one can fuse the older with the more modern. In doing this, new ideas and facets of both emerge. In this post, I want to juxtapose this painting by Gericault with k.d. lang’s Season of Hollow Soul. For die hard followers of this blog, […]
Authenticity, Invigoration and @kdlang
Say What? Not Focus On k.d.’s Voice? It may sound odd for me to ask you to stop focusing on k.d. lang’s voice. But this is what I am going to ask you to do for this blog post. The reason I am asking you to humor me on this is: I want to argue […]
Bienvenue Ingenue. @kdlang and the Death of the Ego Part 2
This is part two of a series. Here is Part One if you have not read it. So as an example of the entire album of Ingenue being about one seeing the limits of the Ego and trying to let go, I’ll start with Still Thrives This Love. Now, I know there are many other interpretations of this song […]
How k.d. lang Pulls Back the Reins: Phrasing and Artistic License
As a trained professional philosopher (yes, it’s true), I am not a big fan of reasons for the existence of things to remain concealed. In fact, I admit that I have a bit of a problem in this regard and insist on investigations with a low probability of “roping the calf”. Yet, the lariat circles […]
k.d. lang: Why We Think We Have a Crush on Her!
For most admirers of k.d. lang’s artistic “stuff”, the experience is truly inexplicable. There are no words, analogies or metaphors that can express the adventure of hearing k.d. live. This is not to ‘dis’ recordings, mind you. It is just to say that listening and watching a live artistic performance is a “whole other animal” than streaming […]
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