TRTR(I.3) Playlist Addition: Red Right Hand

[Joe Allonby]

You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan,
Designed and directed by his red right hand.



On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Jed Kelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com>wrote:

> Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUlgN__Jrxk&feature=related
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> Wyatt's divided psyche is illustrated by the palm reader's mention of
> the contrast between his soft, gentle, understanding left hand and
> rough, stubborn, willful right hand. The two hands working against
> each other leaving him unhappy and alone. Esther's desire to redeem
> him, to heal this split, is symbolized by her suggestion of a
> mani-cure from which he retracts his hands, clutching. When using both
> hands it is to tie knots in string, to roll the yolk (prima materia ->
> anthropos) back and forth between them, to polarize them dropped empty
> to his sides, to elevate them nervously, to protect privates from harm
> in the darkness, to clutch his throat....tense, clutching, defensive
> hands. The rough right hand of an iron will mentioned more than the
> left. A right hand of incredulous tension holding a razor. Esther
> blocks his right hand, scratches his right palm, he closes it on her
> fingers. Later, with those hands before the dog, he extracts melody
> from the dissonance. Enter the diamond carrying hands of Recktall
> Brown. Initially folded quietly, ultimately heavy, grasping Wyatt by
> the arms, imploring. And in the end, Esther's hand moves quickly, but
> too late.
>
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