When I saw Claire a few weeks ago, she quoted the lines, "You're late" and "I missed you," and did it so powerfully that I could just imagine it.
My feelings are so complicated. Foremost, I'm relieved and delighted--and not surprised--to have you confirm what others have said, that this is not only as good as, but even better than the original. I, too, cannot wait for an album to come available.
But when I first saw this entry this morning, I was filled with a sense of desolation and loss. I knew with my intellect that the original Hadestown is not gone or belittled just because this more complete vision exists, but in the moment, I felt like it was--like this new Hadestown so completely satisfies, so enriches the original vision, that that it erases it, and I don't want it to go.
But I've had a day to get over that feeling. And I think about how much I love Anais Mitchell's poetry, music, and way of speaking about love and desire--not just in Hadestown, but in Young Man in America and in her singing of "Tam Lin." I **know** I will love the songs and story that she has created to flesh out her first envisioning. And I know the original Hadestown isn't lost--it's still a gold thread woven through this new version.
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My feelings are so complicated. Foremost, I'm relieved and delighted--and not surprised--to have you confirm what others have said, that this is not only as good as, but even better than the original. I, too, cannot wait for an album to come available.
But when I first saw this entry this morning, I was filled with a sense of desolation and loss. I knew with my intellect that the original Hadestown is not gone or belittled just because this more complete vision exists, but in the moment, I felt like it was--like this new Hadestown so completely satisfies, so enriches the original vision, that that it erases it, and I don't want it to go.
But I've had a day to get over that feeling. And I think about how much I love Anais Mitchell's poetry, music, and way of speaking about love and desire--not just in Hadestown, but in Young Man in America and in her singing of "Tam Lin." I **know** I will love the songs and story that she has created to flesh out her first envisioning. And I know the original Hadestown isn't lost--it's still a gold thread woven through this new version.
Thank you *so much* for sharing this.