![The Hazards of Love: on the Renaissance and slow dancing to Indie music
according to the story, as told by Ovid (and inadequately abstracted here, I apologize)
Flora, the Greek/ Roman nymph associated with spring, growth and fertility was kidnapped by her lover Zephyr, god of the west wind. Key moment: when she looked at him, and at his face, flowers began to pour out of her mouth
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Image that made me indulge into a farfetched visual interpretation of one of those most eerie half intelligible beautiful passages in “In An Airplane over the Sea” where he sings:
[…]
Hear her voice as it’s rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweetHow the notes all bend and reach above the trees, Now how I remember youHow I would push my fingers throughYour mouth to make those muscles moveThat made your voice so smooth and sweet
[…]
Detail from Botticelli’s La Primavera (Spring), ca. 1478 and passage from Neutral Milk Hotel, In an Airplane Over the Sea, 1998.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyzsaq4dwB1qevyyno1_1280.jpg)
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The Hazards of Love: on the Renaissance and slow dancing to Indie music
according to the story, as told by Ovid (and inadequately abstracted here, I apologize)
Flora, the Greek/ Roman nymph associated with spring, growth and fertility was kidnapped by her lover Zephyr, god of the west wind. Key moment: when she looked at him, and at his face, flowers began to pour out of her mouth
!
Image that made me indulge into a farfetched visual interpretation of one of those most eerie half intelligible beautiful passages in “In An Airplane over the Sea” where he sings:
[…]
Hear her voice as it’s rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees,
Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
[…]
Detail from Botticelli’s La Primavera (Spring), ca. 1478 and passage from Neutral Milk Hotel, In an Airplane Over the Sea, 1998.
