sabato 6 agosto 2011

Grace for Drowning

The title comes from stories of people who’ve had near death experiences, particularly with drowning. They say that when you’re drowning, and after the struggling, there’s a period where you almost get into a state of calm. Or grace, like a peace comes over you. 
Apparently when you die from extreme cold as well, the same kind of thing happens. And I like that as a kind of metaphor for life. 
Without getting too pretentious, in a way, I feel like we’re all drowning. Life is such an intense experience these days and it feels like we’re all drowning to a certain extent in the stress and speed of modern life. I feel like as I’ve gotten older I’ve reached this point of almost a state of grace and I don’t really care anymore. I don’t care what people think about my music or if I dress right for other people.


It’s almost like reaching a state of peace, but I’m still drowning, obviously. We all are. It’s that kind of sense of grace of not caring anymore.
(Steven Wilson)