A tribute to James Castle, who spent his life as a deaf-mute living on a small farm in Boise Idaho creating a language of art that takes our breath away.
lyrics
Got totem poles and smoke stack friends
Cotton balls to rub the vapor in
While the sun's still shadowing
Bleach on all this paper
Did my chores, look what I made
From black and white charcoal stains
Got up early every day so i could make them boxes
See those trees walkin down that ridge
Thats the Boise that i grew up with
Got a house on a lot , keep the door unlocked
So you can walk right in ......and go...
Nonchalantly melancholy
through the passage into the space
To my cardboard figures and landscapes
Oh I love the way the mailroom smells
And everyone just helps themselves
To cattle feed and AquaVelve
While I make them pictures
Without the soot between my gums
i would not finish or be close to done
And I 'd go back the way I come
All the way to Boise
Cuz they gotta house that they built for me
Thats the box where I make them things
Gotta board on a hinge
An when you push it swings
So you can walk right in....and go...
Nonchalantly.....etc
Repetitions everywhere
Once I knew this I could prepare
And help you see what isn't there
With my heart my brain knows how to move
But I'm not limited by these images
Its such a priveledge to be this far from view
When you see the things that I can
You might come to me as children
Cuz you know I'm gonna come to you
Through the passage
Into the space
To my cardboard figures, my cardboard figures
My cardboard figures, and landscapes
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