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Christine Richardson's avatar

Fantastic as usual, Robert, and great lyrics. I don't think I've ever seen pictures of the black cockatoo. It's beautiful.

Robert Gowty's avatar

Thanks Christine. I don’t know if anything is ever going to come of this music, but if I ever get as far as getting that album together it will be because of you, Gael, Lizzie and a few others. I feel like I’m at the “playing gigs to half a dozen people” stage, and the fact that you’re here cheering me on fills me with hope and joy.

Patrick Eades's avatar

Black cockatoos are beautiful, but christ they'll give you a headache!

Robert Gowty's avatar

😂 I therefore promise to shelve that idea of making a track entirely out of black cockatoo sounds.

Debdutta Pal's avatar

The black cockatoo is so impressive.

Recently, in conversations with myself, the word "wild" has come up often, in contrast with the controlled chaos of the urban lifestyle.

Now I'll listen to the song a few more times and see where it takes me.

Robert Gowty's avatar

That’s wild!🤔 while I’m on the theme of getting distracted, The Inner Conversationalist sounds like a great pub! It is interesting how songs don’t need to be coherently meaningful in the way an essay might, and thus can start an unresolved internal conversation. I feel like I’ve arrived at a different place to where I was a few months back but I’m not entirely sure where that is.

Gael MacLean's avatar

Lyrics-Music-Images. Triad? Trilogy? Perhaps triage for our world. And I too—you have brought me back to what I have ignored, the incredible beauty of what Mother Nature has created. And what we must all cherish and protect in our role as guardians of paradise. Astounding.

Robert Gowty's avatar

As I just said this Christine, I’m just so grateful you’re getting something out of this. It’s more than helping me to keep going, it’s making the whole thing a joy.