I've always admired Bob Dylan, though I have only a passing knowledge of his music and his career. However, now that I've watched Martin Scorsese's documentary on the iconic figure, No Direction Home, which was shown as part of PBS' American Masters series, I'm ready to go out and not only buy every album Dylan ever made, but kidnap the man himself, tie him up in my basement, and make him write songs for me. The documentary, at least here in the Twin Cities, was followed by an episode of Charlie Rose where an unusually calm Scorsese talked about wanting to show "the journey of an artist." The documentary did just that, focusing on Dylan's decision to go electric, despite the jeers of many who saw it as an insult to the folk movement. It was no such thing. Dylan simply followed his muse, and remained, to use the words of the man himself, "in a constant state of becoming." I think that's the best advice you could give to anyone with a drive to create.
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9-28-2005 @ 3:47PM
Stephen Burkett said...
I found it so inspiring. It has made me so eager to pursue everything I wanted to before, but with a renewed vigor. I wish I could call myself an artist and I think I'm going to do what Bob did, that is channel my favorite artists into myself and hope I can expand upon that. He did it with Woody Guthrie, well I'm going to get a little broader, but Bob will definately be one.
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9-29-2005 @ 11:41AM
C R said...
Boy do I miss TPT. I don't think the PBS station where I live even showed this documentary, let alone the Charlie Rose lead-out. I can't get home to Minneapolis soon enough....
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10-07-2005 @ 8:50AM
Rebecca Razavi said...
I'm also reading the 500-page book on Dylan's songs/poetry called Dylan's Visions of Sin--and highly recommend it. While seeing the man talk (and sing) was inspiring to this life-long Dylan fan and similarly inspired poet, there is no substitute for a close reading/listening to his work. (I'd also like to kidnap him, tie him up in my basement, and make him write songs to me!)
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10-11-2005 @ 11:29PM
MINGO said...
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I AM DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH THE VERY SOUL OF BOB DYLAN THE ARTIST AND THE GLOWING MAASTERPIECES HE'S CREATED WHICH CAME TO LIFE FOR BELONGING TO US HUMAN RACE AND EVER REMAIN IN THE MEMORY OF THE WORLD.
THANKS MAN,
THANKS BOB
PS. ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HIS MUSIC OR JUST AREN'T INTERESTED...ARE MISSING A WHOLE LOT
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