The Breeders “Here No More”
Realization of the obvious: I’m most at peace when I’m looking at art.
Another long day in a string of long days, unable to keep my mind from dwelling on worrisome things its best not to think about. The last thing, absolute last, that I feel like doing is stepping inside the gallery door to look at a photography show. But I have to – reviewing it for the paper and all. And so I do.
And immediately, I’m delivered of anxiety, absorbed into the solitude of the room, into these framed silver images of rural / pastoral scenery, done up all surreal-like. It wasn’t even a particularly strong exhibit, honestly, but it was all I was thinking about at the moment.
After 40 minutes or so, I step back out to the 2nd St. sidewalk and this Breeders song clicks on in my headphones. It’s a short, serene number from their last album, Mountain Battles, and its evocation of bubbling tides and leaves in the breeze sustains my first calm mood in days for a couple minutes longer.
It also begs the question: why was I apprehensive about coming here in the first place? When will I learn?
LISTEN: “Here No More” [buy Mountain Battles, or tickets to see The Breeders in Philadelphia]
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