At the Lighthouse

Last year The Boyfriend introduced me to the following piece from 2003 documentary Tarnation, and I immediately dubbed it “The September Song”. It’s hard to put into words exactly what it is about it that reminds me about September: The inclinating movement of the notes and the melancholy atmosphere of the melody simply sum up for me perfectly that crystalness that embues the air this time of the year, the September skies and their warm, orangy shade of blue, the gilded, falling leaves, and the lowering sun of a September afternoon:

The piece is written by Max Avery Lichtenstein. It’s nice to see from the video that I’m not the only one who’s inspired by it with visions of images and landscapes. And although the youtube poster states that the content of the video is merely “random junk thrown together”, the number of images of setting and lowering suns to make me think that I’m not alone in deriving a pleasant, melancholy feel from the music. (Interestingly, the image of the setting sun is also in another video dedicated to the song).

/marie