This track is like Monteverdi meets Massive Attack. Opera meets trip hop and makes a hot atmospheric mess. This is my first foray in recording vocals in Italian.
lyrics
Lasciatemi morire,
Lasciatemi morire;
E che volete voi che mi conforte
In così dura sorte,
In così gran martire?
Lasciatemi morire.
Let me die,
Let me die;
And what you would think could comfort me
In such a harsh fate,
In such a great martyrdom?
Let me die.
My additions to Clay’s commentary:
“Coherence” as a concept has inherent class and cultural biases skewed in favor of those in with more power in the social and economic hierarchy.
Our socio-economic operating system doesn’t exactly making any f@#$ing sense to a many people in the 99% either.
#OWS is hardly radical. It is inherently a conservative response to the loss of a social contract from the 20th century. It seems like a call to return to the spirit of that post WWII-1980s social contract.
The Delancey Underground is looking for a community outreach/social media volunteer, to help us with our communications efforts and to build public support for our project. We are looking for someone with interest and experience in blogging, YouTube video production, online community management, and related skills. This is a part-time unpaid gig for an all-volunteer initiative (we aren’t getting paid either, this is a labor of love), and we can work around your schedule. If you are interested, please contact Lee-Sean Huang at leesean@purpose.com.
The Delancey Underground project seeks to transform an abandoned trolley terminal into New York City’s first underground community green space.
Beneath one of the least green areas of the city, the Lower East Side, lies a massive, unused space nearly the size of Gramercy Park.
This project envisions using an advanced solar technology to channel sunlight underground, enabling plants and trees to grow.
The Team
James Ramsey created the Delancey Underground idea and the related solar technology. He is the owner and founder of RAAD Studio, an architecture and design practice on the Lower East Side. James is also a former engineer for NASA, where he focused on satellite technologies.
Dan Barasch is Co-Founder of the Delancey Underground project. He is currently VP at PopTech, an NGO focused on promoting socially innovative applications of technology. Dan has previously worked within New York City government, as well as at Google, UNICEF, the 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and the World Affairs Council.
R. Boykin Curry IV is a founding board member of the Delancey Underground organization. He is a partner at Eagle Capital, an investment firm based in New York. Boykin is a co-founder of Girls Prep Lower East Side and Girls Prep Bronx, and a co-founder of Democrats for Education Reform.
Lee-Sean Huang is advising the Delancey Underground project on online outreach and campaigns. He is a designer and strategist at Purpose.com, and a faculty member at SVA’s MFA Design for Social Innovation.
”It is the artists of the world, the feelers and thinkers who will ultimately save us; who can articulate, educate, insist, sing, and shout the big dreams.”
My purpose is to be
me
a catalyst
a spark
(ok, maybe even a full-on flame)
for change
through art
through stories
through action
My purpose is to serve
to enable and to empower
others and ourselves
to expand our realm of the possible
My purpose is to unlock
the creative force
in myself
in my team
in my community
in my world
so we can give each other license to dream
to dream big
to dream bold
to dream crazy
My purpose is to fly
the freak flag of freedom
evangelize
radical freedom
freedom in the agility that comes
from embracing unexpected outcomes
the joy
the ecstasy
of serendipity
My purpose is to believe
to preach
faith
faith in alternatives
to our reality
faith in what is beautiful
faith in what is true
My purpose is to doubt
spread doubt like a virus
doubt about our preconceptions
our prejudices
doubt that the injustice that is
must be
doubt that I have all the answers
but we
come closer
to finding them
together
