Thousands of Words on Justine and the Victorian Punks
I made video edits dedicated to songs: Beautiful Dreamer and Still You
There was this piece I started about a movie I rewatched, and it seemed promising enough towards the middle of the month, only for the first draft to end up gathering dust for ten days when it swerved into a (redundant) personal essay about “being a writer.” For a week I toyed with the ideas of what I wanted to share, but didn’t know what exactly to say about any of them. So, I decided to experiment in another way of sharing.
JUSTINE AND THE VICTORIAN PUNKS
In the near future I fully intend to talk at length about the multi-media artist Colette Lumiere, who has existed since the 70s through many names and many forms. But as of now I would like to dedicated this month’s issue of The Zig Zag to appreciate the singles she collaborated with composer Peter Gordon to concoct Beautiful Dreamer and Still You, both of which radiate a kind of hedonistic vivacity—the kind of vivacity one can only understand if you have, at some point, stepped into a nocturnal realm where starlight looks an awful lot like neon strobes and the milky way an awful lot like Mudd Club snow. Colette is a will-o’-the-wisp, delicately billowing through the lyrics; the beat is groovy, the synth, bass and drums tamper with the rhythm of your heart; and you just have to close your eyes and submerge yourself into a trance-like state, dancing the Danse Macabre until it’s over. And with no other words of expression, I now must show you what I envision and what I feel when listening to both songs.
Loved this!