sea of love
“And the words that are used For to get the ship confused Will not be understood as they’re spoken. For the chains of the sea Will have busted in the night And will be buried at the bottom of the ocean.”
“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.”
song · remembrance of sweet moments past and the longing to convey love in cat power’s cover of phil phillip’s sea of love.
words ii · cat power’s hero bob dylan from his song when the ship comes in.
film · angelina jolie’s sunlit film by the sea was filmed in malta. the film, which stars jolie and her then-husband brad pitt, is a grief-ridden retreat with an overtone of dread that unfolds with loss and individual suffering at its core.
words ii · anaïs nin on the self’s place in life. nin wrote extensively about her sexuality and reproductive rights.
drawings · watercolors of the maltese seaside by english artist, author, and poet edward lear known for his literary and poetic nonsense.
photographs · sea of love’s style was inspired by jane birkin who was often photographed by jealoup sieff. these shadow-rich and sensual images evoke our central themes.