By this point, it’s no peculiar thing to me that the majority of my closest friends are married and having kids. In fact, my former bandmate1, suitemate2, let’s-skip-Christian-Ethics-together-mate3, and brother with whom I’ve been close over the past five years, added a new title to an already long list.
“You are a dad,” I told him, with nothing better to say.
A few days ago, while I was relentlessly editing photos [a task from which I usually look for some sort of break that involves talking to people], he explained to me over iChat about how emotional the past few days have been for him.
“It’s the most amazing thing.”
He must have noticed from my %iTunes status that I was listening to the new Sigur Rós album, since he asked me what I thought of it. I told him how thoroughly I’d been enjoying it – that it’d been on repeat for the last few days without ceasing since I’d a hard time getting over how intimate and uncharacteristically raw it is. He responded to say he’s been listening the same in the days since his son was born.
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As I began to imagine what sort of meaning Jónsi’s Hopelandic must embody for him in these moments, I could think of no other sound [at least in form] that point toward the miraculous reality of birth, and the Second Birth for which it yearns. If Incarnation sounds like anything, surely Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust is not far from it.4
Else
- ↑1 Briston
- ↑2 Academia-ish
- ↑3 Which wasn’t what we “Ought” to have done, perhaps.
- ↑4 To hear specifically what it sounds like for the Earth to be re-newed to the Garden of Eden, dial in to 7:46 in Ará Bátur. To grasp the entire meaning of a story’s end, an understanding of the narrative as a whole is required, so I would encourage you not to miss out on any one of its celestialmeetshumanly eight-minutes-and-fifty-seven-seconds.
1. I was wondering if Sigur Rós was more of "This is pleasant to listen to while I'm cleaning," or "I could spend the next 96 hours actively listening to these songs while gaining new insight on life."
2. I laughed when I read " 'You're a dad' " because I had a similar conversation the other day… "So…how's your son?"…("Doing really well, thanks") … "Oh my gosh, you're a DAD".
I absolutely agree with point number 4.
yeah.
Agreed. I too have noticed your repetitive listening habits of late. Not unlike my own.
i have always wanted to buy one of those waterproof ipod holders that you can take underwater up to 13 feet for the very reason that i believe sigur ros needs to be listened to underwater……….i honestly think if my death was drowning that i would be at peace with my ending if i was listening to ( )…….that sounds kinda morbid, but it's true
It IS something, isn’t it? Could I email you a question? I will need your email address to do so.