Carnivora: Andy had a Dream…
Almost a decade ago I traveled to Portugal and decided that I would paint and write while traveling throughout the country. I stayed for 6 months and it remains, in my mind, one of the most rewarding adventures I’ve ever experienced.
While abroad, I received a letter from my friend, Andrew Johnson, telling me of a dream he had had. It struck a visceral chord within and I was moved to pen an Eliot-esque poem embellishing the contents of his dream.
New York, present day…
As work on my multi-media installation, Carnivora, proceeds I am excited to know that one of my favorite musicians is hard at work crafting a unique album of music based on my writings and poems as they relate to the show’s premise. Of course, as is the case with so many things, there was work done before the work began, and as such Felix (the musician) repayed me a debt by creating a song based on a poem that I’ve never been able to let go of… it’s called The Dream (or I Dreamt as Andrew Johnson).
You can read the poem by clicking here, and you can listen to the resulting track below.
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