Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Trust each other, along with imperfections

"Loving Love" by Agnes Martin 2000 - DACS 2020/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES

 Rolling Stone has an article about the upcoming Wilco release Cruel Country.  

Tweedy relates how the band created the songs:

It’s a style of recording that forces a band to surrender control and learn to trust each other, along with each others’ imperfections, musical and otherwise. With no ‘one’ person in charge, the goal can be vague. But a certain type of faith emerges. A belief that we’re all heading toward the same destination, and we either get there together or not at all. It’s messy. Like democracy.

Tweedy continues to seem to me like a wise old Buddha.

This reminds me of the Marilyn Robinson/Barack Obama quotation about how democracy needs to be constantly remade.  

I also love how "the goal can be vague" when you there is trust and accept imperfections.  

It demands a surrender of control and acceptance that "we either get there together or not at all."

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