June 30 - Going Invisible

The revisiting of demos is one of my favourite parts about the late month in This Year. Rarities, strange versions of things, small pieces of nearly forgotten art, and amongst them we have this: a song that is so perfect in its simple version that any studio version would feel like a downgrade.

I never worry about feeling like a background figure. In fact, when it happens I usually welcome it. There's something worthwhile about not having to be the centre of the conversation, to working unseen, to being beneath people's attention. it's very rarely worse than the alternative, namely being seen in a way you can't escape from. And that's the one I struggle with. I'm tall, I'm fat, I'm bearded, I'm clumsy, most of the time I'm only ignored out of active choice by people. And even that is better than taking up people's notice and Being In The Way.

Maybe I would use more of the power of the invisible if it were available to me.