Yes, your humble scribe is taking a holiday.
The next four days I will be taking to unpack a bit more. I’m still living surrounded by boxes from the move in late October! I’ve managed to clear out a box a week, and the end of it is so near I’m going to make a push to finish. After I’ve bought some book shelves, that is.
I’m also going to be reconfiguring my PC for better audio processing so I can make a new demo disc. The last full demo was “Wretched” was made when I was 20 and seven years have now past. As a matter of curiosity the name of the album was in fact “Wretched” which was the name of the title track. It is also a pretty good description, from my perfectionist’s viewpoint – but that’s relatively subjective since it got many more yay’s than nay’s.
If I have time, I’m working on resurrecting Euphoria Cyberware. I’ve registered the domain and placed an order for some real hosting, finally. I believe that should all be up and running by the middle of Janurary, 2006.
Also – it’s New Years this weekend and I actually have the eve and the day after off of work, so I intend to drown 2005 out with some bubbly!
Until I’m back, have a happy and safe holiday!
These words where written in a journal by Kurt Cobain. This article is part 1 in a series examining some of the potential interpretations of this ambiguous, yet brilliant, statement.
One possible take on this statement is that it was a cautionary statement.
By writing down “If you read, you will judge” he was mentally protecting his writings. It provides a disclaimer of sorts. Any opinion you express on the writings are your own judgment, therefore he could feel free to write whatever he wanted. If you had a problem with what you read, then he could easily rely on the disclaimer (at least internally) to discount your opinion as judgment of him – something which you would have no valid claim to do.
Anyone who has ever tried to start a journal will know that it can be difficult at first to put your thoughts down openly – someone else might see them! And if they read them it will be from their own perspective – not yours, and they will potentially pass judgement on your thoughts and feelings. It’s enough to cause some to drop the task out of frustration. Out of fear they can only be superficial in their journals and the positives of writing are lost.
Perhaps this statement was Cobain’s way of overcoming that fear of personal judgement.
These words where written in a journal by Kurt Cobain. There’s always been controversy over Cobain, Nirvana and their untimely end. Even the release of his journals had fans butting heads.
To some Cobain was just a drug abusing rock star – to others (and myself) an artist with a beautiful and tortured soul.
The quote that makes the title of this article is simplicity and genius in itself. It’s what Cobain appeared to be striving for in his art – ambiguity. Ironically, it was the misinterpretation of his ambiguous words and lyrics that caused him much of his fight with the popular media.
With this series of articles I intend to explore a few of the possible meanings of this simple statement.
(part 1)
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