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Post by tannis on Jun 21, 2008 19:11:50 GMT
I've often felt that not only is Leave It Open about hiding your 'weirdness' from the outside world, but maybe retreating and shutting yourself away from the outside world completely - in order to 'leave it open' to an inner and unconscious realm.
Until one day a trigger come cocking
(But now I've started learning how)
I keep it shut...
I am the concierge chez-moi, honey
Won't letcha in for love, nor money
("Let me in!")
My home, my joy
I'm barred and bolted and I
(Won't let you in)
(Get out of my house!) And also How To Be Invisible... So much of the creative process depends on a room of one's own! ...  On the edge of the labyrinth
Under a veil you must never lift
Pages you must never turn
In the labyrinth
You stand in front of a million doors
And each one holds a million more
Corridors that lead to the world
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jun 21, 2008 19:14:08 GMT
Get Out Of My House and LIO are very connected, I agree. and How To Be Invisible fits right in.  |
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Post by tannis on Jun 22, 2008 11:47:52 GMT
"If a wound has a lot of dirt and debris in it, the doctor or nurse may leave it open for two or three days before it is closed (stitched or glued)..."
"After you shower, pat your incision dry and leave it open to the air..."
"...leave it open to the air for a couple of weeks and apply the cream as needed..."
~ Care of open wounds, cuts and grazesThe phrase, Leave It Open, also suggests the advice her Doctor or Nurse might have given regarding a wound. Leave it open and let fresh air dry and heal... "I kept it in a cage,
Watched it weeping, but I made it stay..."It seems that part of herself is weeping, festering, going crazy; and she must learn to Leave It Open; to channel emotions into creativity rather than self-harming destructivity (addictions, psychoses, paranoias, phobias, etc.) so that she can begin to heal her emotional self."Harm in us..."This brings to mind Thanatos, a primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct, Eros. The "Harm in us..." also brings to mind the "I am my enemy Mowing me over" and the "My silly pride Digging the knife in" from Fullhouse. And to quote an earlier post, "harm in us" also suggests fearing the harmful intentions of others."but power to arm..."And this brings to mind Sat In Your Lap, Gurdjieff and Jesu, and the knowledge quest. Through philosophy, psychology, art, the paranormal, etc. we find the power to arm against the harm... Gabriel before me
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
In the circle of fire
This is my space!
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Post by Al Truest on Jun 22, 2008 13:38:35 GMT
"If a wound has a lot of dirt and debris in it, the doctor or nurse may leave it open for two or three days before it is closed (stitched or glued)..."
"After you shower, pat your incision dry and leave it open to the air..."
"...leave it open to the air for a couple of weeks and apply the cream as needed..."
~ Care of open wounds, cuts and grazesThe phrase, Leave It Open, also suggests the advice her Doctor or Nurse might have given regarding a wound. Leave it open and let fresh air dry and heal... "I kept it in a cage,
Watched it weeping, but I made it stay..."It seems that part of herself is weeping, festering, going crazy; and she must learn to Leave It Open; to channel emotions into creativity rather than self-harming destructively (addictions, psychoses, paranoias, phobias, etc.) so that she can begin to heal her emotional self."Harm in us..."This brings to mind Thanatos, a primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct, Eros. To quote an earlier post, "harm in us" suggests also fearing the harmful intentions of others."but power to arm..."And this brings to mind Sat In Your Lap, Gurdjieff and Jesu, and the knowledge quest. Through philosophy, psychology, art, the paranormal, etc. we find the power to arm against the harm... Gabriel before me
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
In the circle of fire
This is my space! Tannis. It may seem we take your efforts for granted. I am, however ever amazed at your insight and indefatigable posting. You always seem to have a twist on possibilities and considerations. Thanks! I am working on how "Aerial" may be also an extension of the 'emergence" concept in how the genesis of life begins. The spark and the flame in how an epiphany of thought is transfered - by code maybe - through a transmission concept such as an aerial. And how sexual metaphors, phallic and feminine, are incorporated as microcosms of the greater and broader view of our universe. We become panoramic... |
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jun 22, 2008 15:05:48 GMT
Tannis. It may seem we take your efforts for granted. I am, however ever amazed at your insight and indefatigable posting. You always seem to have a twist on possibilities and considerations. Thanks! Yes, I agree. I always enjoy your insights and thoughts on Kate's songs, Tannis, and I try to reply and make sure you know we don't take them for granted. 'Leave It Open' is indeed reminiscent of the advice that a doctor might give on how to let a wound heal - maybe the wound inflicted by the ever-present thanatos and 'harm in us' that will fester if not given a creative outlet. These are also fascinating ideas. Aerial does have a lot to do with genesis and creativity, I think. A sea of honey and a sky of honey combine in the alchemy of sunset to create something - communicated by blackbird song - that is everlasting and beautiful... And there are themes of love and birth and union all over the album. I'll be looking forward to hearing more. |
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Post by tannis on Jun 22, 2008 16:12:34 GMT
Tannis. It may seem we take your efforts for granted. These are also fascinating ideas. Aerial does have a lot to do with genesis and creativity, I think. A sea of honey and a sky of honey combine in the alchemy of sunset to create something - communicated by blackbird song - that is everlasting and beautiful... And there are themes of love and birth and union all over the album. I'll be looking forward to hearing more. . And yes, Al, your Aerial ideas and connections sound very interesting, as "we dive down" towards a Deeper Understanding of Aerial... The Big Picture is so like a magic mirror; and as we get to know a piece of work, we can dive down for hidden treasure... |
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jun 22, 2008 16:17:21 GMT
Not at all, Al and Rosa... And I too enjoy all the postings here. The Sensual World of Kate Bush is such a wonderful source of inspiration, illumination and appreciation. Thank you... Yes. This is a very unusual and inspiring message board. And there is so much hidden treasure if you care to dive beneath the surface. |
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Post by Adena on Jun 24, 2008 9:27:42 GMT
I have modified my original post, if you'd care to see more ramblings, go there. I enjoy somewhere where I can discuss Kate Bush. I am reliably informed all too often that Kate Bush is terrible (with a couple of expletives tossed in for good measure). How little they know...  |
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Post by tannis on Jun 18, 2009 14:27:38 GMT
THREE WISE MONKEYS "Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil."KBC Mag 12 (KBC Issue 12, Oct 1982) The caption to this picture from the KBC issue "About The Dreaming" draws out the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" theme present in 'Leave It Open' and 'Sat In Your Lap'.The Three Wise MonkeysThe maxim "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" probably came to Japan with a Tendai-Buddhist legend, possibly from India via China in the 8th century. Early associations of the three monkeys with the fearsome six-armed deity Vajrakilaya link the proverb to the teaching of Buddhism that if we do not hear, see or talk evil, we ourselves shall be spared all evil. This may be considered similar to the English proverb "Speak of the Devil - and the devil appears." Others believe the message is that a person who is not exposed to evil (through sight or sound) will not reflect that evil in their own speech and actions. Today "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" is commonly used to describe someone who doesn't want to be involved in a situation, or someone turning a willful blind eye to the immorality of an act in which they are involved.With my ego in my gut
My babbling mouth would wash it up
(But now I've started learning how)
I keep it shut
My door was never locked
Until one day a trigger come cocking
(But now I've started learning how)
I keep it shut
Wide eyes would clean and dust
Things that decay, things that rust *
(But now I've started learning how)
I keep 'em shut
I keep 'em shutThe first part of Leave It Open seems to tap into the maxim, "Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil". The protagonist has learned to keep her mouth shut, her ears closed, and her eyes wide shut.
"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" is also present in the video for Sat In Your Lap. At 2:29-37, KaTe plays with 'see no evil', and the two jokers behind her play with 'hear no evil' and 'speak no evil'. So maybe Kate is after forbidden knowledge, the knowledge of the alchemist, the initiate, the angels, the devils!
Some grey and white matter
"Give me the karma, mama!"
I'm coming up the ladder...
The temptation to lift the veil, turn the page, enter the labyrinth and take a pinch of key-hole seems irresistable! ... * "Wide eyes would clean and dust
Things that decay, things that rust..."Something made of wood and metal will decay and rust, such as a broken down organ. So these lines could be an autobiographical reference to "Kate's own childhood barn out "in the bottom of our garden," the place of the old broken-down organ which was the home of countless mice?"gaffa.org/dreaming/td_sig.html |
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Post by tannis on Sept 29, 2009 21:27:38 GMT
Harm is in us!
Harm is in us--
Harm in you and in me!The great errors of mental conception which darken man’s mind keep him as an ever-acting being creating the conditions which bring him his sorrows and disabilities. If there were no human being in the world who would ever harm another, there would be no harm. All harmful things would disappear. But even though there be harmful beings, and their nature can not be changed, we can so change our own attitude that no harm can come to us from them. If harm comes to us, there must be harm in us. The Yogi of the East can go into the midst of all kinds of harmful creatures unharmed, because of his own harmlessness. When our thought is fixed on false ideas, it is apparent to the harmful creatures, and their instinct of so-called self-preservation moves them to attack us, because they recognize a danger in us. The natures of those beings below us will be changed only by man, for they can not change themselves. It is the lives which we are using in our own bodies—themselves motion, action—which become the embodiment of beings in the various kingdoms, because we have endowed them with our thought and action and given them direction, as each moment passes, back on to their own plane. We are their creators and their providence, or we delay their progress by misunderstanding our own natures and, consequently, theirs.
What will be in the future depends upon those who have the power to act in any state of matter. The civilization that now is has been created by ourselves, but behind all true progress there must be a universal conception of Spirit, mind, and action. Let us dismiss any idea of renunciation of action. Act always. We have to act. Every principle of our nature compels us to act. If we fear or fail to act in any given place where the situation calls for action, then we have acted in a wrong way, for we have missed an opportunity. And an error of omission is worse than an error of commission. Act, then, but act for and as the Self of all creatures. Renounce not action, but selfish interest in every thought and act.
~ from "Renunciation Of Action", Robert Crosbie (1849–1919), theosophist and founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists.theosophytrust.org/tlodocs/articlesRC.php?d=Renunciation_Of_Action.htm&p=32
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Post by W.HI.P on Nov 27, 2010 12:23:13 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=raWM893FA08I came across this version of Leave it open, I never knew of a version so different. I don't know if anyone's heard it before, but i figured i'd share my discovery.
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