| Influences | ...the wind, the water, cyclones and downpours, love (true, lost or lust), long goodbyes, the ability to hover, birds in song or otherwise, a mother's eyes, a lack of sleep, wishes, falling, grey skies and white skies, his ability to remain, moonless nights, neighbourhood cats, synchronized movement and the intuition it implies, hope, the variety of distances between us, dust when paired with afternoon sunlight, perambulating, gesticulating, his brown eyes and lashes, new acquaintance, shared silences, meandering in the hour before twilight, the entwined nature of the blissfull and bleak......and the noises made by Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Skip James, Bessie Smith, Karen Dalton, Patsy Cline, Joni Mitchell, Ani Difranco, Wilco, Iron and Wine, Gillian Welch, PJ Harvey, Veda Hille, Martin Tielli, Elliot Smith, Bjork, Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, The Band, Fleetwood Mac, Nick Drake, Feist, Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Jolie Holland, Buffaloswans, Mike Liston, Aaron Joyce, C.R. Avery, Mark Berube, Ora Cogan, Tarran the Tailor, James Lamb.... ... .. . |
