Noah Reid Instagram – A few years ago, I was in Florence and saw Michaelangelo’s David, and was surprised to read that the block of marble it was carved from sat abandoned for years in a courtyard. Another artist had been commissioned to create the sculpture, but didn’t get very far before determining that the marble was faulty. So there this massive chunk of incredible stone sits for a couple of decades, neglected and exposed to the elements, and then along comes Michaelangelo, who creates the most recognizable statue in the history of the world.
When we were recording Gemini, Chris Stringer (who engineered and mixed that record, and had us over to his beautiful Union Sound Company to record both Gemini and Adjustments) would always use this phrase, “the statue’s in the stone”, meaning it’s in there somewhere, it’s just a matter of removing the pieces that are in the way to reveal its most essential form. I’m a sucker for a quick turn of phrase that reveals a larger truth, and I loved the idea that David was in there the whole time.
We live in a really loud time. We think we’re supposed to be a lot of things. We think we’re supposed to have a lot of things. Michaelangelo had it right. Just keep chipping away, it’s in there already. | Posted on 27/May/2022 22:12:04
