The best thing about being alone is that you can be truly revealed to the self, under no pressure to bargain for the identity. Or at least, in my case, to whom a good day could be as simple as a lengthened period of hot tea within an imagined vast landscape on my own. Then by chance, I encountered "Góðan Daginn" by Sigur Rós, which has conceptualized that ideal of mine. It includes all elements of a minimalist work: few textures, few ornaments, few instruments, the role of bass, the rhythmic stream that seems to flow endlessly and circularly. These ideas, further by the ethereal vocal, bring the song up to a weightless status, which is light, gentle, slow-paced but not relaxed - because when people are in such a status, it's not that they become thoughtless. Indeed, they are just so absorbed in their own concepts that they unconsciously get lost. A "góðan daginn" ("good day") doesn't necessarily have to be cheerful and exotic as that of The Beatles or many jazz performers. It is good when people could spare some time to enjoy life with peace-of-mind.
I send you the sun
Late in a summer's day
Temperature rises
and the walking pace increases
Shines on the warm faces
It's a real day
Go go away cloud
Yes, out to the sea
Where the sea flows
and salt melts the ice
We play endlessly
Now undress away
Heal the open woundsIt's a coincidence, but I want to watch "All About Lily Chou-chou" after listening to this song. Maybe it's because of my friend, Quang, who wrote an inspiring review on it. Or maybe it's because of the
movie poster, which reflects sharply the lonesomeness and minimalism of human being.
Mom has complained about me being dreamy and oversensitive since I was in middle school. She is wrong. However high my eyes are to the sky or far to the horizon, my feet always stick still on the ground.
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