Paul Simon Writes a Song
Wanted to share this great interview with Paul Simon where he offers insight into his own creative process and how a song shapes itself while he's writing it. It all starts with a melody...
A few years ago, I came across a documentary by Classic Albums where Simon discussed the making of Graceland. If you like the above interview and would like to hear the conversation continue, watch Classic Albums: Graceland. I initially saw it on Netflix streaming, but the entire Classic Albums series is now on Quello.
Metaphorically Speaking

The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon.
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
What makes these so comically terrible? For one, they each violate the blueprint of a good joke: recognizable set up, a moment of tension, then a hard right turn. With the examples above, the turn, rather than being poetic or descriptive, is blunt and obvious- a U-Turn.
Labels:
Emily Dickinson,
History of God,
Karen Armstrong,
Logos,
metaphor,
Mythos,
Rebecca Solnit,
Steve Jobs,
Tender Mercies
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