✍️ TREE 775: How does poetry help?
This is for anyone who has wondered if their creative work matters in Times Like These:
‘Poetry has birthed the science that has created some of the solutions. Poetry is the one that says, I want to go into outer space. Poetry invented the ideas that made the science possible. Poetry has given birth to the best dreams of mankind. It was poetry that said all people are created equal. It wasn’t science. It was poetry.’
— Nikki Giovanni (edited for brevity and clarity)
The song I posted yesterday was from Led Zeppelin’s final studio album In Through the Out Door. I’d never listened to it before. The whole thing is rather beautiful. After listening to it, I read about it online and learned that it was shredded by music critics when it was released and is still being shredded by some critics today. I’m so glad I didn’t look for their opinions first.
Keep creating
Jeff
I was so stoked that you shared this yesterday. At work we have a slack thread called "what are you listening to?" I shared the video. One of my co-workers has this album and said when it first came out, you could "watercolor" the inner sleeve and there are four different cover variations. I did not know that. https://youtu.be/rGhHtNJreGM?si=MP8pjO9QgKqZodBa
This song was huge for me growing up. I felt it in my bones! I still love it to this today. F the critics.