"What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once: the Photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially." – Camera Lucida , Roland Barthes
“Just downstream from that dark place, Where last beats fell and waters churned A man looked down upon his face… In reverie, his thoughts did turn: To follow the river is to follow the arc It does not drift, it does not wait Find its course with limb and mind There walks a man; There runs his fate To follow the river is to follow the thread It does not lie, it does not leave Drowning stones there as he does, He comes to think; He comes to breathe Something of that ember lives! He feels it bide, he feels it wake Looking out, but at itself, As if to speak; As if to make “
Drifting, drifting, drifting away I got myself a mansion, then I gave it away It’s not the world that’s heavy, it’s just the things that you save And I’m drifting, drifting away Drifting, drifting, drifting along I rid myself of worries, and my worries were gone I only run when I want to and I sleep like a dog I’m drifting, drifting along The suit coats say, “there is money to be made” They get so excited, nothing gets in their way My road it may be lonely just because it’s not paved It’s good for drifting, drifting away All the suit coats say, “there is money to be made” They get so excited, nothing get’s in their way My road it may be lonely just because it’s not paved It’s good for drifting, drifting away Drifting, drifting, drifting, uh huh I feel like going back there, but never for long I sometimes wonder if they know that I’m gone I’m drifting, drifting along Drifting, drifting along, drifting, drifting along.