interhuss designs

I was inspired by Ani Difranco’s song Back Back Back to make an images with her lyrics, one of the few times its not my own writing.

Littered with tiny raindrops
And signs remain unkind
If I catch some air
I could rest assure my mind
Of all the darker days
That seem to come and go
Shape-changing clouds
No one will ever knowAll your torture has left
My open palms empty
Those sins you tried
To wash over me
I will take those stars
That once resembled me
Push them into the aura
Of my lost sanity

Chorus:
Wandering these lonely city streets
Wondering how I ever got here
Choking all night on the darkness
In the smoke that’s been cleared
Lagging in the time frame
All the doubt and fear ensues
Thumbing through your callousness
That’s dark and cold and black and blue

Hanging from the edge
Staring into the world
Crawling up the ledge
Before my truth’s unfurled
Moving swiftly in the storm
Catch a glimpse of the eye
I swore I’d never be the same
I guess that was but a lie

Chorus

I wonder…if I could…fall back in…to the sky
I wonder…if I’ll learn…to ever… say goodbye

I wrote this song after a falling out with a few friends. Actually, I had a falling out with one friend and the rest followed. Until years later, the others apologized; the one I had the issue with wrote me off because I dated her ex. The story goes: she gave him my number, so I naturally assumed that that meant it was all good. But, of course it wasn’t. She was still in love with him, but never told me. How was I supposed to know that my good friend who keeps secrets from me was against me dating her ex (of 8 months)? Well, he turned out to be pretty selfish anyway, not to mention a creepy MySpace stalker. If only I had known! Lol. Instead of listening to my side, she blocked my emails and calls. How mature, I know. At the time, I was pretty hurt and wrote several songs and poems about the situation. It was my only way to really vent.

Now, that it has been just over five years, I have grown an even larger sense of distance from the entire situation. Still, much of the art I created at the time stands on its own with a sense of passion.

The cityscape was taken in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and inserted it into this strange portal-like object I randomly created. By adding the Earth, it intensifies the effect in addition to the stars.

I took this one today, while out on a walk.