The Hanged Man.
The Fool settles beneath a tree, intent on finding his spiritual self. There he stays for nine days, without eating, barely moving. People pass by him, animals, clouds, the wind, the rain, the stars, sun and moon. On the ninth day, with no conscious thought of why, he climbs the tree and dangles from a branch upside down like a child. For a moment, he surrenders all that he is, wants, knows or cares about. Coins fall from his pockets and as he gazes down on them - seeing them not as money but only as round bits of metal.
It seems to him that his perspective of the world has completely changed, as if his inverted position has allowed him to dangle between the mundane world and the spiritual world, able to see both. It is a dazzling moment, dreamlike yet crystal clear.
Timeless as this moment of clarity seems, he realizes that it will not last. Very soon, he must right himself, but when he does, things will be different. He will have to act on what he’s learned. For now, however, he just hangs, weightless as if underwater, observing, absorbing, seeing.
It’s where I am right now. I might be here for a while.
Tracks:
1. Leave Me Alone • Natalie Imbruglia
2. Stumped • Minor Threat
3. I Knew This Nurse • Crime
4. Nausea • Los Angeles
5. Dimension • Wolfmother
6. Regulator • Bad Brains
7. Nimrod’s Son • Pixies
8. Under My Thumb • The Rolling Stones
9. Strutter • Kiss
10. Big Brother • David Bowie
11. Hospital White • Past Lives
12. 2 Di 6 • Raein
13. Babylonia Gorgon • The Bags
14. What’s This Shit Called Love? • Pagans
15. Bela Lugosi’s Dead • Bauhaus
16. Dry • PJ Harvey
