CasparSong: Fishing Thoughts

Fishing Thoughts

In an earlier SongBlog (the one on Graham Nash' Military Madness) Caspar shared his thoughts about the difference between theory and practice when writing a song. This statement was made after we had a look on this course Caspar took with Pat Pattinson on songwriting. Pattinson started with a textual idea, after which he followed a structure that ended up being a song called Hobo Wind. In the blogsong we saw that our way of composing lies more in the melody, after which verses and a chorus follow. Last night though, Caspar wrote this text and he is dying to share it with you.

Inspiration (oooh sweet inspiration...) came from this great piece of art we had brought from Brussels, about three years ago. We spent a weekend over there with our friend, singer/songwriter Marcelo Delacroix and his girlfriend at the time Regina Rossi. Marcelo had a gig on Saturday that was great, after which we hang around town. The next day, we visited the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, after which Marcelo wanted to visit the Musical Instrument Museum as well. I got hooked up at the museum shop though, bount to acquire something nice, pop-artsy to look at. And that's where I found the picture you see at the top of the blog: Fishing Thoughts, by the artist The Boghe. Contemplative, at ease, this picture looks . simple at first, but there is more to the picture then meets the eye.

As the picture makes yourself think things over along with the characters on it, you mix it with a little Pat Pattinson. Last night, I thought about that, and came up with a text called Fishing Thoughts.


Fishing Thoughts

I think about what floats
like a cork on the water.
Sailing ships and motor boats,
detract me from my thoughts.

I think about the future,
what lies ahead of us.
My fishing rod starts wavering,
attention spell gets lost.

Chorus:
Water waves
don't be afraid
future means patience
water waves

I think about the facts
about truth, and the beholder.
A thermos can, a sandwich bag,
and what it was I told her.

Chorus

break:
Too many things on my mind
Can you remind me later?

Chorus



So here's a text, Music comes next.