Here is another song. This one is particularly special to me.. a dear friend of mine sent me some of her writings one day… and I sat reading them with my guitar in hand… needless to say, I mushed it all together and this one came out.
Forgive my voice… it was dying on my and my throat was scratchy and I didn’t want to record it again…
Oh yea, and for this song, I have an autumn leaf tattooed on my leg..
I’m not myself today
So you can’t see inside
That I’m alone and afraid
And so full of secrets to hide
I’m longing to be free
But you can’t wish for that on a star
My dead dreams are all I can see
And they’ve already taken me farI am like an autumn leaf
Scattered on the ground
I dream of escaping
Hoping to never be found
I sleep I wake
I live another day
To exist in more than this life
I wait I dream
I want reason to believe
That one day I will say I survivedAnd it’s too late this time
I don’t want to let you in
Though I’m not
I will say I’m fine
This isn’t something
I can winI am like an autumn leaf
Scattered on the ground
I dream of escaping
Hoping to never be found
I sleep I wake
I live another day
To exist in more than this life
I wait I dream
I want reason to believe
That one day I will say I survivedDo you know who I am
even though I’m broken
What is it you see
when I show you me
| — | Douglas Coupland |
Seo Young Deok
In his works, Seo Young Deok makes sculptures out of bicycle gears. His sculpture technique is unique. Rather than molding the sculpture into place, or carving it’s form, he melts and links each gear into place. Unlike most conceptual art, the entire piece from beginning to end is made by his hand.
In 2010 he began his graduate studies in environmental sculpture in Seoul where he became interested in the formation of the human body. His works create a sense of longing. The sculptures, both faces and bodies, convey a feeling of seeking for something that is not there. As Deok describes his intention, the characters “look sunken as if they are addicted or infected by something unknown.” But the message doesn’t stop with the individual. As Deok states, his works reflect a sense of horror in contemporary life.
“Among young men and women, it is obvious that men are especially enduring something scary and cruel, or are closing their eyes against the heartlessness and cruelty of the world. Sometimes, they are cruel, horrifying, and dreadful themselves. Some are with their heads chopped off or partly smashed. The head-sculpture of a young man, much bigger than life-size, being placed on the empty ground, suggesting something afraid or a sense of unknown horror.” Overall, Deok uses the medium of sculpture to demonstrate his anxiety with modern life. For more information on his works, click here.
