I Should I’m hearing about Nick Cave The god of the wild It’s not going back to listening to my usual comfort, it’s more than that. For example, a surprising tribute to a surprising human being on this side of eternal use, filming a song called “Frog.” When a disgruntled fan pleaded with the cave about the vague and pleading of these words; The songwriter replied“These little frogs, Barry, you and me, and all humanity, leaps towards love, wonder, meaning and transcendence at a few moments, and lands in the ditch again.” As a lifelong church person, I am used to being compared to moronic sheep, but the image of a frog jumping out of the ditch attacks me with amazingly deep inspiration, returning to the muddy ground.
Jump Animals will appear again in the next song, “Joy.” “I jumped up like a rabbit and I kneeled.” It’s another creature, but with the same dynamic, same rising leap, instantly freeing us from all the difficult realities on the ground. He also meets the ghost in “gigantic sneakers, laughing stars around his head,” and declares, “We were all so sad, and now is the time for joy.” From moments of chronic anxiety, delusion, and anger, the cave nods to the stars.
As a lifelong church person, I am used to being compared to moronic sheep, but the image of a frog jumping out of the ditch strikes me with amazing, deep inspiration, returning to the muddy litter.
Caves are well known to have written these words out of the agony of the sadness of losing their two sons in recent years. Details of both deaths are from the previous album of the tragic and Cave, 2019 album Ghostona monument to the lament of sadness. in contrast, The god of the wild Everything is joy. I have zero to soak my toes into discussion about the proposed major distinction between joy and happiness that occurs in Christian circles. My guess is that it has little to do with etymology, and the singular use of CS Lewis’ words, in particular I was surprised by the joy. What is clear here is that for a cave, joy does not involve merely subjective satisfaction. In an interview after the interview, he candidly declared that the devastation he has faced in recent years has given him an unwavering conviction that the beauty of human life is closely tied to the highly vulnerable nature of it. It is this revelation that brought him back to the church.
there is Surge in interest in Christianity At this point, we have noticed that various striped public figures are darkening the entrances and exits of the church. There is a tribute to the declaration of Christian civilized values ​​and moral influence on the West. Some are holding me ironically.”Cultural ChristianityBecause they like brutal cathedrals and Christmas carols. For my money, Nick Cave’s enthusiasm with the church is one of the most appealing and profound of these recent examples. The vision of humanity is not something that he can convened to his own strength.
The cave also became his role as a kind of sage and elder politician of sorrow. The clearest testimony of this is His “Red Hand Files” websiteIt is read like “Miss Lonely Hearts” from the 21st century. This venture really took off during the Covid lockdown and grew into such a crucial part of what I am convinced is part of his legacy. Flood Cave with email for people of all life, fans, former fans, skeptical, seekers and more. And he spent a huge amount of time working as he could and working hard.
The interaction with the former fan is very clear. If you summarise their complaints, they go like this: I remember vomiting some horrifying comments about Alanis Morisset’s transition from wild rants at a time when it felt like a lifetime ago Jagged little medicine At first glance, it happened to be a thank you I thought I was hooked on the previous one. This embarrassing example illustrates what could be called “Milton’s Satan’s problem.” In other words, the embarrassing fact that evil and darkness are usually more attractive to us than good and light. They seem not only friendly, but also very interesting. After all, adventures don’t descend from the ground without the villain, and Sherlock can’t go to work without the murderer.
Part of growth is realizing that there is nothing interesting about evil, persuasiveness, or even evil. As Simone Weil puts it, “imaginary evil is romantic and diverse. Real evil is pessimistic, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring. Real good is always new, wonderful, intoxicating.” There is a lot of energy and exhilarating surrounding evil acts and events. It’s convincing that skilled detectives are ripe for the painstakingly curated world cues of fictional high stakes investigations. While you are about to arrange a funeral, you can barely gather energy and bring a forkful of casserole into your mouth. The Cave knows all this and can look back at his early records with the realization that they constitute the work of young people with talent and preferences for the image of outlaws that far surpass his experience. Certainly, he shot heroines in his youth and occasionally assaulted members of the audience, but he still didn’t realize that the lost spark of vitality lies in the credits he borrowed from something else, something truly beautiful, something good.
The god of the wild It’s a cave attempt to make something good. Therefore, there are all the risks associated with such efforts. Some will see it as boring, mediocre, valuable, sentimental, creepy, and many other artistic light-jourous people. I am not here to protect the records against such accusations. What I say is that I should be listening to it more. why? Because that’s good for me. Yes, strength training, chicken, rice, broccoli, etc., they say it’s good for me. Ah, but isn’t art fascinating and fascinating? Sometimes, certainly. However, recently all It’s seductive and seductive, and most of it puts zero demands on you. It shakes completely with your unique sensibility and draws you in your small digital corners. That’s a description of a golden cage, even if there is a golden cage. It looks so good as if we could use more Chicken soup for the soul In the arts department of our lives.
The god of the wild It’s not background music. It’s not part of your mood board. And it’s not going to put you in the fun stray imposed by most of today’s pop artists who are like Saccharin like Skittles’ bags. But willing to surrender to the monotony of strength training and good nutrition ends in physical transformation. spiritual It expands your appetite for transformation, truth, goodness, and beauty. So I actually do Like record? It’s a heartfelt “yes” and certainly push me, and I’ll give it 5 stars.
