I found this to be a very insightful and thought provoking article, which I enjoyed immensely. I have two observations:
1) the terms “impressionistic” and “post impressionistic” threw me a bit, since I’m used to the terms “impressionist paintings” and “post impressionist paintings”.
2) why “tragically Amazon” in your thought exercise?
Glad you enjoyed it! Perhaps poor editing on my part for the impressionist terms--I'll fix that now.
I am always wary of mega companies buying and protecting stories as property, and I never miss an opportunity to poke the beast of Amazon. Also, as someone who is not a LOTR fan but interacts with many hardcore LOTR fans, I understand that the new prequel or sequel or trequel or whatever series that Amazon is greenlighting is anticipated to misunderstand the spirit of the works. So that comment is undergirded by fandom opinions drawn form elsewhere.
I am not personally getting the nostalgia from this song, but perhaps if it were played over a wordless slideshow of my life projected onto a white tarp a la Scrubs I would feel differently.
I found this to be a very insightful and thought provoking article, which I enjoyed immensely. I have two observations:
1) the terms “impressionistic” and “post impressionistic” threw me a bit, since I’m used to the terms “impressionist paintings” and “post impressionist paintings”.
2) why “tragically Amazon” in your thought exercise?
Still, such a great read!
Joe Brown
Glad you enjoyed it! Perhaps poor editing on my part for the impressionist terms--I'll fix that now.
I am always wary of mega companies buying and protecting stories as property, and I never miss an opportunity to poke the beast of Amazon. Also, as someone who is not a LOTR fan but interacts with many hardcore LOTR fans, I understand that the new prequel or sequel or trequel or whatever series that Amazon is greenlighting is anticipated to misunderstand the spirit of the works. So that comment is undergirded by fandom opinions drawn form elsewhere.
Thanks for response! I love reading your articles when I get a chance! -Joe
I am not personally getting the nostalgia from this song, but perhaps if it were played over a wordless slideshow of my life projected onto a white tarp a la Scrubs I would feel differently.
Yeah I think there are a fair few songs that definitely give me "end-of-the-summer, and time moves on" vibes