Last night Clint and I made a 4 hour trek to see my favorite musician, Sufjan Stevens! (Well the Beatles will always be my number 1, but you get the drift) And let me just tell you it was AMAZING! Hooray for Sufjan!!! First off I have to say Clint wins mega husband points for going on this trip. Sufjan is not your traditional musician, so he was exposed to a whole new type of music. And although he did manage to fall asleep for a short second, I think he liked it too. (Although he led me to believe he liked the movie Waitress too, later to find out he didn't...)
If you haven't heard of Sufjan, you may recognize his tunes from Little Miss Sunshine. If you haven't seen Little Miss Sunshine, you really ought to. Its hilarious! Anyhow... There is music and then there is art, and what Sufjan does is truly the best of art. I listen to Sufjan nearly 80% of the time I am in the studio and I just love his music so much!
One of my favorite parts of the concert was when Sufjan said something like this, "When I was growing up my father told me to be a lawyer, because the law is forever. My stepmom told me to be a postal worker, because the government is forever, my mother told me to be an engineer, because that is forever too! But I became an artist, because art wins, Art is really what is forever!" Hooray for becoming an artist Sufjan! You motivate me to make better art.
So we drove to the concert and then drove back, getting back at 3:00am! But it was worth it. So I was figuring last night that between this, going to kirtland with clints parents this weekend, and driving to kentucky twice I have been driving about 26 hours, about the same distance from ohio to utah!
3 comments:
I love sufjan more than I love you!
Lucky! It would be so amazing to see him live.
Wow Laurie, 3:00 am! I'm impressed (although not surprised since we'd stay up that late talking in college). Clint is a great support for you...heck, I've never even heard of Sufjan! Don't hate me.
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