brick for barrett
Originally uploaded by suttonhoo.
a found poem
He would photograph a flower
Make a large painting of the photograph
Photograph the painting
Then
Destroy the painting
Once something was over, it was over
He felt no need to revisit it
It never really belonged to anybody
[He] long ago grew tired
Of leaving his shadow in the world
And had to let it go
Found in The Madness and Majesty of Pink Floyd in the 5 April 2007 issue of Rolling Stone, referring to Syd Barrett.
Also found, and no new news for folks who know these guys inside and out: the band’s name came from a mashup of “the first names of two obscure blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council (and from the names of [Syd’s] cats)”.
(Tip for Hugh Laurie fans: He’s looking like a doll on page 66, same issue.)
Because the writing reminds me of West Wing when Sorkin was still around, and the main guy (Hugh Laurie) plays an insufferable crank (I have a thing for curmudgeons) who, yeah, has baby blues that you could swim for days in, and the diagnostic puzzles that bind up every episode are just so much fun -- that's why I'm loving this new show 
