Bon Iver is in the garden, singing to the fennel and sugar snap peas. He says it helps them reach their roots deep into the soil so they can grow tall. ‘Someday,’ he says, as he pats my belly, ‘I’ll sing to our babies and they’ll grow roots here too.’
If you have not seen the video of Henry, an elderly Alzheimer’s patient in an American nursing home, suddenly become revived by hearing the music of his youth through an iPod, then stop whatever you’re doing and watch it. A week later, it still makes me tear up.
The clip is part of a documentary called Alive Inside, which follows social worker Dan Cohen as he creates personalized iPod playlists for people in elder care facilities, hoping to reconnect them with the music they love. Cohen tells NPR’s Melissa Block that the video of Henry is a great example of the link between music and memory.
This is beautiful, so so beautiful.
VERY SENSITIVE/LITERARY INDIE BRO WHO WRITES SONGS THAT SOUND LIKE A “LOOSE PILE OF GAUZE” AND “GENERALLY SINGS AS IF HE’S AFRAID HE MIGHT BRUISE A WORD BY ARTICULATING IT.” HE WAS CONFINED TO A REMOTE CABIN BY THE WISCONSIN STATE GOVERNMENT BUT LATER RECEIVED A PARDON FROM SCOTT WALKER. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO BEYONCÉ INSTEAD
(via nprmusic)
Monsters
Adele: Is Thomas sleeping on the couch?
Me: Yeah
A: Will the monsters get him?
M: No, I killed all the monsters.
A: Oh good. Did you eat them after you killed them to get their power?
My 3 year old, getting power from her foes.
Sigh… what a day.
(Source: lindsayclimans)
