The Stumbling Mushroom

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"the stumbling mushroom" -Justin C.M. Brown, 10.4.2021

a dark path through the woods at night

the ground

covered with leaves

kudzu

fallen logs lay upon the feet of mighty trees

a dark path curving

many travelers have woven between these trees

but only the brave do at night

the brave and me

there are things that cannot be seen in the daylight

a tavern

no taller than a mushroom

with a softly glowing window 

giving its location away

a sign above the door which reads...

the stumbling mushroom

the fairies

they poisoned me

if i were their size

it would have killed me

instead i can't stop laughing

at least i think it's me

save one thought

to make it home

if i remember where

follow the sunrise

with my eyes closed

on a dark path at night

...

everything about this song makes me queasy and i love it. 

the slurry rhythm, the synths that disappear and reappear in a different place

the crash cymbal that doesn't really crash, like it's sneaking in the house after curfew

it feels like the lurching yet deliberate motions of

walking to the gas station after drinking cold medicine and hot milk

i had definitely wanted to make a practical effect real life version of the poem above

but in my head i couldn't figure out how to show the detail of the fairie tavern

while still maintaining the perspective of a human sized person

i was cooking dinner (bbq mushrooms) and looking at my phone

and decided to snap a picture of the sliced mushrooms

this was also around the time when i was compiling the materials for 

Fist Full of Roses

and i was thinking about how i used the one photo at different widths

to create lots more detail while still remaining true to the curves and lines of the original

(you can see the slideshow of the layering process if you click the link)

so i went ahead and applied that same process to a photo of my dinner

and now it's song art.

thanks, mystical artistic process!