I often question myself about what i should say here in the blogosphere. How much of one's personal life is it safe to reveal to people in print? How personal is still "professional"?
This morning I listened to an interview with Rosanne Cash. She talked about her parents and their deaths. Wow, it was so raw with emotional.
The interview was an epiphany for me. I never really saw what has been right in front of my eyes (and ears) for years. While most people hide themselves as much as they can, some people are out there, sharing their pain and their past with everyone. Those people are writers of all stripes, songs and books and movies.
There is so much pain in the world. So many terrible things that happen to us as children, as adults, things that we do others. Trauma's both mundane and horrific occur and their effect are often passed down, unthinkingly, through generations. To break the cycle, someone needs to recognize their feelings and speak out about them to begin the healing.
I am still unsure what I will say in this forum, but I wanted to thank the people who are strong enough to share their pain with us, the people who are out there leading the way and helping the rest of us face our own feelings.
Rosanne Cash: 'Black Cadillac'
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Rosanne Cash is the daughter of country legend Johnny Cash, but has been a singer-songwriter in her own right for more than 25 years. Her family history couldn't help but play a role in her own career; but on her latest album, Black Cadillac, it takes on a different tone.
Within the two-year period preceding the album, Cash’s mother, father and stepmother all died. Their names are listed in dedication on the CD's liner notes, and the album is suffused with issues of mortality and mourning. Family plays another kind of role on the album as well: Cash's husband, John Leventhal, is a co-producer.
Cash talks with Scott Simon about family, music, and the new movie about her father, Walk the Line.
