17/03/24

"Sentimental" // Keeley Forsyth

"Sentimental"


Se disparo atinjo.

Se agrido minto.

Se odeio finjo.

Se sussurro sinto.

Se insisto desprezo conselhos de sábios.

Se te chamo é porque gosto do som que me escapa dos lábios.

venho ver o sol desaparecer
de barriga 
cheia
de flores
precavendo longa hibernação 

Se caminho é por amor a cada passo.

Se escrevo é porque não abraço.

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Affected by the themes of domestic duty, poverty, love, and compassion depicted in Bela Tarr’s final film, ‘The Turin Horse’, Forsyth contacted its composer and Tarr’s long-time collaborator Mihály Vig to ask for permission to ‘reimagine’ his soundtrack score. With his blessing, the resulting track ‘Horse’ is a pressurised outpouring, steadily building as the everyday is cast within a new mythical light of survival and hope. The repetitive banalities of life become epic as the character attends to the needs of others. “The fire must keep / My father must sleep / Around this house I creep”.