Raveled

I saw Werner Herzog's new Cave of Forgotten Dreams over the weekend. And in 3D, which added...umm...another dimension to the experience. I'm not really in the bizness of recommending movies, but you really should get yourself over to a theatre for this one. That is, if you're interested in the discovery of cave paintings from Early Man over 30,000 years ago and what we might learn about our dear old selves. Not just about their artistic acumen, but of their consciousness, which may be not all that different from our own re>the belief in a spirit world and its relationship to the creatures living in the material world. Looking at that staggering distance of time, you can't help but wonder when the human brain developed that dimension and the impulse to express it.

None of that has much to do with today's song. Except the binding tie of genius.

Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit (Le Gibet)