Keaton Henson
Keaton Henson has been a big influence of mine for many years.
At first, I was intrigued by his characters and how monstrous and potentially evil some of them looked. However, all seemed to have an air of loss, struggle and depression about them.
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More recently however, Henson has spread into his own music too and with the music comes some amazing videos.
Source: 2
Personally, I can become equally entranced in a good piece of music as well as in a piece of art. In the case of Henson though I become transfixed with anything.
His themes of loss, love, anxiety and regret seem familiar to me and I feel connected to it.
I hope that 'The Nikahrat' could have a similar, powerful effect on members of my audience.
Even though I have been writing emotional poetry since I was young, I find similarities between Keaton's work and my own.
This is most definitely my favourite piece which he recorded for Last.fm
"Grow Up With Me
Lets run in fields and fear the dark together
fall off swings and burn special things
and both play outside in bad weather
fall off swings and burn special things
and both play outside in bad weather
Lets eat badly
lets watch adults drink wine and laugh at their idiocy
lets sit in the back of the car,
making eye contact with strangers driving past
making them uncomfortable
not caring, not swearing, don’t fuck
lets watch adults drink wine and laugh at their idiocy
lets sit in the back of the car,
making eye contact with strangers driving past
making them uncomfortable
not caring, not swearing, don’t fuck
Lets both reclaim our superpowers
the ones we all have and lose with our milk teeth
the ability not to fear social awkwardness
to panic when locked in the cellar
still sure theres something down there
and while picking from pillows each feather
lets both stay away from the edge of the bed
forcing us closer together
the ones we all have and lose with our milk teeth
the ability not to fear social awkwardness
to panic when locked in the cellar
still sure theres something down there
and while picking from pillows each feather
lets both stay away from the edge of the bed
forcing us closer together
Lets sit in public, with ice cream all over both our faces
sticking our tongues out at passers by
lets cry
lets swim
lets everything
sticking our tongues out at passers by
lets cry
lets swim
lets everything
Lets not find it funny lest someone falls over
classical music is boring
poetry baffles us both
as nothing that’s said is what’s meant
plays are long, tiresome, sullen and filled…
with hours that could be spent rolling down hills
and grazing our knees on cement
classical music is boring
poetry baffles us both
as nothing that’s said is what’s meant
plays are long, tiresome, sullen and filled…
with hours that could be spent rolling down hills
and grazing our knees on cement
Lets hear stories and both lose our innocence
learn about parents and forgiveness
death and morality
kindness and art
thus losing both of our innocent hearts
but at least we won’t do it apart
learn about parents and forgiveness
death and morality
kindness and art
thus losing both of our innocent hearts
but at least we won’t do it apart
Grow up with me."
Source: 3a
Source: 3b
Sources
1a - Henson, K. (2009). innsmouth. Available: http://keatonsketches.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/innsmouth.html. Last accessed 23rd Oct 2012.
1b - Henson, K. (2012). float on. Available: http://keatonsketches.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/float-on.html. Last accessed 23rd Oct 2012.
2 - lawlessprovide (2010). Keaton Henson - Sarah Minor. [online]. Available from: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4b54372-zA>. [Accessed 23rd Oct 2012].
3a - Henson, K. (2012). grow up with me. Available: http://keatonsketches.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/grow-up-with-me.html. Last accessed 23rd Oct 2012.
3b - keatonhenson (2012). Keaton Henson - Grow Up With Me (Poem - Last.fm Session). [online]. Available from: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3o0MFSv4dw>. [Accessed 23rd Oct 2012].
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