poetry was popular in Hell, the shades
recited lines they had memorized—forgetful
even of who they were, but famished for life.
from “Eurydice and Stalin” by Robert Pinsky
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
writing music: angst (playlist)
PLAYLIST: WRITING MUSIC
Can also be called “relationships gone wrong” playlist or “there are a lot of things I wish I did better” playlist or “unstuffing my heart” playlist; listen to these songs while you’re writing through character-relationship conflicts, through uninitiated longing, through hesitation, through self-doubt, through characters’ awarenesses of their own flaws and their hesitation to act because of it. Listen while you’re getting to write a character who’s in pain because of how closely she can listen to her heart. Regret, heartache, missed opportunity, restlessness.
But angst can also be, like, being in love with somebody. Angst can be anything (if you just belieeeeeevvvvve).
Some of these listed below are my favorite songs in general. I remember listening to “Drops in the River” when I was driving up the I-5 from San Diego alone during the summer of 2012, looking out at the ocean with the windows rolled down, blue hair all over the place, just feeling really…. Well. You’ll know if you listen. Laura Marling is just perfect in every way and I like her music so much that I can’t think of anything actually helpful to say about it (at the moment), but there’s a theme amongst her songs of hosting darkness that’s really powerful. “Within” by Daft Punk is the one, though, that I can pretty much count on whenever, wherever, if I need to get down to a tough scene. I think it’s universally…true. And, at the end of my second year of college, I wrote an entire novella in two weeks listening to “Sim Sala Bim,” so you can be sure it’s good.
These are only a few of the songs I have in a writing playlist at the moment; I’ll continue to post suggestions as I continue to work.
1. “The Beast” by Laura Marling
2. “Lonely Lonely” by Feist
3. “Within” by Daft Punk
4. “Where Can I Go?” by Laura Marling
5. “Drops in the River” by Fleet Foxes
6. “When Were you Happy?” by Laura Marling
7. “When Doves Cry” by Alex Clare
8. “Too Close” by Vitamin String Quartet (Alex Clare cover)
9. “눈, 코, 입” by AkMu (Taeyang cover - THESE PPL ARE SO GOOD ;;)
10. “Honey Honey” by Feist
11. “Sim Sala Bim” by Fleet Foxes
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