I think what Elephant 6 meant for us is very simple: there’s something pure and infinite in you, that wants to come out of you, and can come out of no other person on the planet. That’s what you’ve got to share, and that’s as real and important as the fact that you’re alive. We were able, at a really young age, to somehow protect each other so we could feel that. The world at large, careerism, money, magazines, your parents, the people at the rock club in your town, other kids, nothing is going to give you that message, necessarily. In fact, most things are going to lead you away from it, sadly. Because humanity is really confused at the moment. But you wouldn’t exist if the universe didn’t need you. And any time I encounter something beautiful that came out of a human somewhere, that’s them, that’s their own soul. That’s just pure, whatever its physicality is, if the person can play piano, if they can’t play piano, if they’re tone deaf, whatever it is, if it’s pure, it hits you like a sledgehammer. It fills up your own soul, it makes you want to cry, it makes you glad you’re alive, it lets you come out of you. And that’s what we need: we desperately need you.
-Julian Koster
August 12, 2008...4:15 am
you exist & it’s extraordinary.
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August 13, 2008 at 12:11 am
Your blog is simply awe inspiring. I think I’m in love. :3
August 14, 2008 at 12:42 am
That’s beautiful.
August 14, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Thank you. I really needed to read something beautiful and inspiring !
August 15, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I needed this. Thank you.
August 18, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!
August 29, 2008 at 9:26 pm
That is the #1 most beautiful thing I have ever read. I said it all out loud and couldn’t help but cry.
The fact that Neutral Milk Hotel is my favorite band might have something to do with how touched I was.
but yes. thank you.