Closer: Eyes Full of Mirage
Anaïs Nin’s Henry & June served as the primary inspiration for Closer. The work is brave
and free in ways that made me want to play with the form. The intention was to take this
inspiration and twist up the typical romance-novel form with a dose of Shakesperean-like
tragedy. You know … love, and spice, and a little more spice, and a happy ending—but
brought to you by Hamlet, or something like that. Where, whatever it is that is rotten in the
state of Denmark (or the Californian desert as Closer would have it) has seeped into everyone
making us unrecognizable even to ourselves.
For the Harvest Moon: for, this is when we reap what we have sown.
Ardbeg’s Grooves because it is the smokiest of the smoky whiskies. It is sweet and bitter like
the first rain after a Southern Californian fire.
Pist Idiots, Idiocracy
The Pist Idiots along with Lupen Crook, The Smith Street Band, The Chats, Verge
Collection, A. Swayze & the Ghost, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, and Sonic Youth were my
soundtrack.
See Spotify Playlist, Closer ~ a Soundtrack to a Novel for a full list.
What if…
