and each feather it fell from skin
The first time I heard the Decemberists new album, I hated it. How things change so quickly. The Crane Wife songs are heartbreaking, especially those about the crane story itself. I had a feeling there was a sad bit to these songs, despite their upbeat, wondrous pop catchiness.
Here is the folktale, more or less. A man finds an injured crane, he takes it in. She turns into a beautiful woman and he marries her. They are poor, but miraculously the crane wife begins to weave wonderful silk clothes to sell, so long as he agrees never to watch her as she weaves. But the husband becomes greedy and makes her weave more and more in seclusion, despite her exhaustion. One day he spies on her weaving, and is shocked to find his wife in crane form, plucking out her own feathers to make the clothes. She flies away and disappears.
Doesn't one find that incredibly depressing? The song makes much more sense now. It's a beautiful song, I think the series is their best.
Aside from the music I've been treating myself to . . I think life has been improving steadily since my dark bit of stress last week, I've resolved to be less self indulgent - and on a more personal note to quite picking at my face. This all because my father is GOING TO QUIT SMOKING. Well, fingers crossed. He knows for sure now he has to if he wants a chance at getting his sense of taste and smell back . . My family needs its fun loving chef around again.
Also I made my first successful photographic print. Check it out at http://marianne.deviantart.com
-KVC
Here is the folktale, more or less. A man finds an injured crane, he takes it in. She turns into a beautiful woman and he marries her. They are poor, but miraculously the crane wife begins to weave wonderful silk clothes to sell, so long as he agrees never to watch her as she weaves. But the husband becomes greedy and makes her weave more and more in seclusion, despite her exhaustion. One day he spies on her weaving, and is shocked to find his wife in crane form, plucking out her own feathers to make the clothes. She flies away and disappears.
Doesn't one find that incredibly depressing? The song makes much more sense now. It's a beautiful song, I think the series is their best.
Aside from the music I've been treating myself to . . I think life has been improving steadily since my dark bit of stress last week, I've resolved to be less self indulgent - and on a more personal note to quite picking at my face. This all because my father is GOING TO QUIT SMOKING. Well, fingers crossed. He knows for sure now he has to if he wants a chance at getting his sense of taste and smell back . . My family needs its fun loving chef around again.
Also I made my first successful photographic print. Check it out at http://marianne.deviantart.com
-KVC