I wonder wtf happened to her (and to neil young)
“Raditz and Mitchell shared a cave for a couple of months, travelled around Greece together, and parted ways. That’s where you and I come in, because Mitchell wrote two songs, among her greatest works, about her “redneck on a Grecian isle”: “California” and “Carey.” I’ve been singing along to those songs, or trying to, since I was fifteen. I learned from them what you learn from all of Mitchell’s music, that love is a form of reciprocity, at times even a barter economy: “He gave me back my smile / but he kept my camera to sell.” Mitchell’s songs were the final, clinching trade.” Joni Mitchell’s Openhearted Heroism https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/joni-mitchells-openhearted-heroism
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life! And putting Joni Mitchell & Neil Young aside for a second & tuning into a larger issue— this leads me to think about the artist as an individual vs art. How one often struggles to separate the two if an artist does something that upsets a person. I was rereading Joseph Brodsky’s thoughts on Ezra Pound this Friday.
pound for sure is the best example in modern age. I try (and actually do) separate, otherwise I wouldnt read none of my friends and colleagues, mainly after pandemic lol reason why I still listen to those two old lovely (and fascist, who would guess) pricks.
damn, it’s been a troublesome week, sorry I havent replied earlier.