I Curse The Gloom

Jan 19, 2023

I curse the gloom & sin upon us

But I know that I love you so.

This is a recontextualized Yoshimoto Nara sticker that I picked up @dallascontemporary

Thanks @michinara3

I collected stickers for many years. Usually by pulling them from signposts and walls when we travel. So it is always a thrill to get a free piece of art when visiting a museum. What I love about Nara's work is how deceptively simple it is. It reminds me of Angelingjellybean's work. Very charming.

The lyric is a lift from Led Zeppelin's The Rain Song:

It is the springtime of my loving
The second season I am to know
You are the sunlight in my growing
So little warmth I've felt before
It isn't hard to feel me glowing
I watched the fire that grew so low, oh

It is the summer of my smiles
Flee from me, keepers of the gloom
Speak to me only with your eyes
It is to you, I give this tune
Ain't so hard to recognize, oh
These things are clear to all from time to time, ooh

Oh, oh

Oh
Talk, talk, talk, talk
Hey, I felt the coldness of my winter
I never thought it would ever go
I cursed the gloom that set upon us, 'pon us, 'pon us
But I know that I love you so
Oh, but I know
That I love you so

These are the seasons of emotion
And like the wind, they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion
I see the torch
We all must hold
This is the mystery of the quotient, quotient
Upon us all, upon us all, a little rain must fall
Just a little rain, oh, yeah
Oh, ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah

Incredible tune and shocking that Robert Plant is so genuinely warm in this song. I always associated his vocals with strain and intensity. It is the springtime of our love.