In the socio-symbolic reality of the self (as subject), alienation and identity are correlative.
{ inspired by "Sketchbook" by Otis Dozier }
lyrics
Two empty cages
looking for their nightingale;
words from which belief has flown
too late against the night of the world
hanging out toward me:
its immanent body suspended in emergency
across the burning precipice of sky—
my body, the symptom of its burning,
like a mirage swung open—
I am wedged
into these inaccessible earthworks
and pressed like an enormous question—
“merely to know and let you go”:
no body is a tragedy.
A collection of tracks from the singer and multi-disciplinary artist's 111 collaboration series, featuring KMRU, Laraaji, and others. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 25, 2024