Paris Obscur darkened Cat's Art MusikCircus last night and he said if he just sang love songs then he would have to change his name to Paris Rainbow and what good would that be.
Paris Obscur really does sing love songs but it's the deepest kind of love and it's difficult to approach at first. One of his songs sings of getting into the mind of a rapist and one's immediate thought is why would anyone want to do that. However, we talked for some while after his set and he told me its history.
I knew from the show that the song of the rapist came after a friend was raped but what I didn't know is that when he first played it for her she immediately burst into tears. After that she told him it brought her more relief than the years of therapy she had after the rape. That's what I meant last night when I told him last night his music was difficult at first and his reaction was what kind of compliment is that! But what I said is similar to the song in that staying with it will reveal the deepest kind of love.
The song about the rapist isn't motivated by misguided liberalism but rather from a need to understand. No-one is born a rapist nor a serial killer nor any of these kinds of profoundly damaged humans but something happens that makes them that way. There is no undue compassion for the rapist as he has already committed his crime but understanding why he committed it may help to ensure others who may become rapists get help before they take that evil turn.
Even though Paris' set goes through phases of despair, sadness, happiness, and back to darkness, all of it is driven by the deepest kind of love. He is an optimistic and happy man. He knows the blessing of a wife and a young child. He is not a morose man singing self-pitying blues. That he sings of such darkness is not misery seeking a wider company but rather he brings light to it and this is his magic.
You can learn more about Paris on his artist Web site or you can meet him on Facebook.
And Cat and I ...
watched Ava on the high-wire:
It's always wonderful to see people on the circus equipment and doing things one can only do at the MusikCircus. Of course one can dance there and Cat and I have gone out many times to look for the best dances but you can even try your hand at taming a lion at the MusikCircus if you wish. There's nowhere else like it.
And Cat and I danced!
From left to right: The fabulous Karli, Silas Scarborough, Julie Juliesse, Paris Obscur on the stage, Cat Boucher, and (I think) Katysha Jewell on the far right. (I don't mean to mock Karli by calling her 'fabulous' but that's how her friend, Julie, introduces her and Karli laughed when I told her that)
Cat's outfit was magnificent and I'm damn glad I didn't wear that boring John Travolta outfit!
Paris Obscur really does sing love songs but it's the deepest kind of love and it's difficult to approach at first. One of his songs sings of getting into the mind of a rapist and one's immediate thought is why would anyone want to do that. However, we talked for some while after his set and he told me its history.
I knew from the show that the song of the rapist came after a friend was raped but what I didn't know is that when he first played it for her she immediately burst into tears. After that she told him it brought her more relief than the years of therapy she had after the rape. That's what I meant last night when I told him last night his music was difficult at first and his reaction was what kind of compliment is that! But what I said is similar to the song in that staying with it will reveal the deepest kind of love.
The song about the rapist isn't motivated by misguided liberalism but rather from a need to understand. No-one is born a rapist nor a serial killer nor any of these kinds of profoundly damaged humans but something happens that makes them that way. There is no undue compassion for the rapist as he has already committed his crime but understanding why he committed it may help to ensure others who may become rapists get help before they take that evil turn.
Even though Paris' set goes through phases of despair, sadness, happiness, and back to darkness, all of it is driven by the deepest kind of love. He is an optimistic and happy man. He knows the blessing of a wife and a young child. He is not a morose man singing self-pitying blues. That he sings of such darkness is not misery seeking a wider company but rather he brings light to it and this is his magic.
You can learn more about Paris on his artist Web site or you can meet him on Facebook.
And Cat and I ...
watched Ava on the high-wire:
It's always wonderful to see people on the circus equipment and doing things one can only do at the MusikCircus. Of course one can dance there and Cat and I have gone out many times to look for the best dances but you can even try your hand at taming a lion at the MusikCircus if you wish. There's nowhere else like it.
And Cat and I danced!
From left to right: The fabulous Karli, Silas Scarborough, Julie Juliesse, Paris Obscur on the stage, Cat Boucher, and (I think) Katysha Jewell on the far right. (I don't mean to mock Karli by calling her 'fabulous' but that's how her friend, Julie, introduces her and Karli laughed when I told her that)
Cat's outfit was magnificent and I'm damn glad I didn't wear that boring John Travolta outfit!
2 comments:
Don't get me wrong, Bro. . . I kinda liked the Travolta duds!
Well, that makes one of us! (laughs)
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