Tuesday, November 27. 2007
Cover Art
I can't explain this. This is by Devendra Banhart.
Can you explain? The picture is as odd as the writing, but I can;t find the cactus in it.
"On this trip, I knew I had to leave, to go to the desert and have some kind of encounter with a snake and then I'd know the title. But, I couldn't leave because we had to be here every single day to track, then work on the art and lyrics, then the website, the special book, finding someone to do a video and fighting with the label about them not hearing a song for radio," continues Banhart. "I thought, 'Fuck, I'm never going to get a title!' Then suddenly, I looked to my left and a branded king snake just slithered right on by. I took pictures of it. Then, at the top of my stairs there was a king lizard with a huge red spot, which I've never seen before where I live. I walk up to it and it walks up my arm. I took it downstairs and fed it a peach, which it ate right in front of me. Then, I look out the window and I see the guy I've been drawing, who I consider to be a smokey, and he approached the cactus I painted for the cover and did a strange dance with the cactus where he approached it four times, back and forth. He broke off a piece and took it with him. And it was a piece too small to be turned into stew to eat with his tortillas. He was doing a shamanistic ritual with this cactus that lives right next to us. At that moment, my mother calls and tells me, 'I'm sorry but your name doesn't mean what I told you it does your whole life.' I found out my name actually means 'Lord of rain and thunder.' All those things were beautiful. I felt the creative spirit cut me a little slack even though I didn't follow the instructions."
Can you explain? The picture is as odd as the writing, but I can;t find the cactus in it.
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