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🦋 Losing oneself
Listening to The Basement Tapes today, I was thinking about how the opposition between immersing oneself in the experience of listening and retaining one's identity through analysis, is a good framework for thinking about art and the creative process. I've been listening to this record pretty frequently over the last couple of weeks and thinking about writing a blog post concerned with how it is different from Dylan's other music that I like, and similar to The Band's other music that I like, or along those lines -- but then there are moments (especially during "Bessie Smith") where I'm suddenly singing along and identifying with the music instead of thinking about it. I love those moments.
posted afternoon of Saturday, November 10th, 2007 ➳ More posts about The Last Waltz ➳ More posts about The Band ➳ More posts about Music ➳ More posts about The Basement Tapes ➳ More posts about Bob Dylan
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