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Could it Be Anybody?

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Could it Be Anybody?
Alex Hinders, 2014.
Colored pencils, pen, and Love.

I’m a huge fan of the Beatles. This particular drawing made me think about the song “With a Little Help from my Friends” from the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. That song has always fascinated me because on the surface it’s a happy little tune, but it asks some interesting questions. I’ve actually always felt that the entire modern notion of romance rests on the answer to one of these questions.

The chorus first asks, “Do you need anybody?” The main persona replies, “I just need someone to love.” Then the chorus asks the pivotal question: “Could it be anybody?” The singer doesn’t give a definitive response to this; instead, he merely replies, “I want somebody to love.” It could be that the singer has trouble with the concept of call and response – after all, he asks himself the question “How do I feel at the end of the day?” But in all likelihood, the singer wasn’t sure of the answer himself.

If the singer had said ‘yes’, then that would mean that any hypothetical lover could be replaced with any other lover. Such an answer completely dispels the modern notion of romance, and of love as being something special and ephemeral. You could see such an answer supporting the ‘free love’ convictions that some flower children had back in the 60’s — that love and sex were meant to be shared with everyone. It’s also the sort of philosophy that underpins the concept of arranged marriage, that the roles of spouse and lovers are merely roles to be assigned to people and nothing more than practical.
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If the singer were to answer ‘no’, then modern romance would be safe, but the singer would be left even more vulnerable. After all, this means that the persona of the singer can’t just go out to a bar and replace his former lover with someone new. This means that there’s no end for the persona’s loneliness in sight and the pain they are experiencing is going to continue. It’s entirely possible that the singer will never find another person that makes him feel like he did before – making his suffering endless. Clearly, this is a heavy question, indeed.

Joe Cocker has a cover of this song that recognizes what is really at stake. His version — which you might have heard as the theme song to the TV show ‘The Wonder Years’ — turns the tune into a hopeful ballad with elements of gospel and soul. Gospel and Soul have a connection to the church, which has attempted since ancient times to provide answers to the biggest existential questions we face as humans. I feel this psychologically contributes to the emotional gravitas of this version of the song – “Could it be anyone?” briefly becomes a question so important it’s propelled into the same arena as questions like “Why are we here?” and “What are we supposed to do with our life?”

…And questions like “Will Fred Savage ever get with Winnie Cooper?”

Anyway, my answer to the question of ‘Could it be anybody?’ has always been ‘no’ – though sometimes I wonder if life wouldn’t be easier if the answer could just be ‘yes’.  Thank you for reading Magical Hamster: The Classic Rock Blog. Please come back next week when we do something a little out of the ordinary and look at “Ode to Billie Joe” by  Bobbie Gentry. At long last I’ll reveal the truth about Billie Joe, his connection to the persona of the singer, and where extraterrestrial forces fit in.

 

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A Night of Clarity Abstract Art

A Night of Clarity, Pt. I

 

Back in January of this year I was listening to Roger Waters’ album The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking and I realized I could do some vivid illustrations for the song. I figured that I could even plot out the number of drawings I’d need, and what they’d entail, in much the same way as I write a comic script. I even broke it down into seconds, so the drawings would line up with the music. I have a proto-type of a YouTube video that syncs up the drawings and the audio track but I’d like to tweak it some more before I make that public. I am, however, ready to start sharing some of the artwork itself.

I’ve probably said it before on this site, but Roger Waters’ music resonates with me on a deeply personal level and he’s a big artistic hero of mine. I’m aware that some people — especially David Gilmour fans — find his solo efforts to be sparse in the musical department, but his overall use of atmosphere and narrative in addition to music stimulates my brain like crazy. I’m a story teller at heart, regardless of what medium I’m currently working in, and I’m amazed by Roger’s ability to make a sweeping and epic story into one body of music. It’s one of those times where I lament that the relative and subjective nature of reality; I wish I could share with you exactly the joy I experience from the music. I can’t do that, of course, but hopefully you’ll be able to see my love reflected in these drawings.

This particular album — the Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking — tells the story of a man unsure whether he’s happy in his marriage. Over the course of a few hours early one morning he has a series of dreams about him picking up a female hitchhiker and running away with her. Through the course of this dream affair this person’s insecurities and desires are laid bare to the listener, and the main character ultimately comes to a conclusion about his life. I’ve always been endlessly fascinated by dreams, and I love the intimate exploration of dreams that this album details.

I’m considering collecting these drawings and adding original captions and making a book out of it. I’m pretty certain I could find a wily way to skirt copyright laws with. But! Without further ado:
A Night of Clarity: Part 1.

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The Crush of a Crush

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The Crush of a Crush
Alex Hinders, 2013.
Colored pencil and pen.

Both of the two drawings above are the same image flipped about. It’s one of those drawings where looking at it in different ways can alter its meaning. This drawing attempts to illustrate the lows and the highs of a crush — if you’re remember correctly, I have a funny habit of falling into those. I just can’t seem to help it; this seems to be a part of nature. I guess it’s a side effect of having a good deal of empathy.

Crushes can certainly be fun, which is emphasized by the warm colored lady  surrounded by circles — happy little sunbursts. The feeling gets compared to ‘butterflies in the stomach’, which is too abstract of a saying for me to understand. (I also don’t like to equate a crush with an insect infestation.) If I were to describe the feeling in a more concrete way, I’d say it was specifically a sort of energy that surges through your veins and across your body. It’s like an emotional caffeine high — your brain starts running at a faster pace, your pulse quickens, and you become giggly and stupid. Or at least I do.

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But then there’s the matter of the other lady in the drawing — a figure wrapped in cool colors and arrowheads all pushing towards the same point. There’s an old saying that, “The reason why they call it a crush is that’s how it feels if they don’t feel the same way.” I think, though, that the actual ‘crush’ of the crush comes more from the weight of carrying the crush itself.  A crush is in itself a burden, because it forces you to make a choice whether or not to act upon the feelings. How you respond to this choice can lead to all sorts of outcomes, including a romantic relationship, sexual intercourse, happiness, the destruction of a friendship, sorrow, and restraining orders.

So that saying I quoted defines a crush by one of it’s potential outcomes. But I don’t think that dreaded possible moment — the moment when you find out someone doesn’t feel the same way as you — is the ‘crush’, I think it’s the end of the crush. It’s the moment when all of the possibilities are whittled away until you’re left with the reality of the situation. After that, it’s not so much a matter of dealing with a crush or love as it is as matter of either accepting or denying the situation you’re now in.

Really, it’s a shame that we can’t find a more neutral word for ‘crush’. It would be like using the word ‘wreck’ in place of ‘plane ride’ or ‘plane trip’. Sure, your airplane could crash into the sea and everybody could die, but it seems rather cynical to refer to the entire action by it’s worst possible outcome. (“It’s only a three hour plane wreck to Vegas from here.”)

But at this point I think I’ve rambled enough about life and love. Safe travels, everyone!

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Couple

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Couple
Alex Hinders, 2011/2013.
Pencil and pen. Colored digitally.

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When I was looking through my backlog I noticed that some of the drawings already had their pencil lines erased, meaning they were reading to be colored. I figured I’d take some of the ones I hadn’t planned on coloring by hand and experiment with digital coloring again. This was one of the first “Purple Girl” drawings. In a previous post I mentioend that I’m getting a bit tired of working on Purple Girl drawings because it feels like I’m just re-treading the past, so I thought it would be perfect to experiment with. I attempted to go for a more natural color scheme with this one; one with harmony. I’m pleased with how it turned out. 

And in case you’re worried, I’m still coloring stuff by hand, as well.

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All of my Crushes (At the Same Time)

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All of my Crushes (At the Same Time)
Alex Hinders, 2007.
Pen and computer.

This image supposedly contains every girl and woman I had crushed on up to that point in my life. I guess I’ll have to take my sub-conscious’ word for it; I can’t recognize who some of these are supposed to represent. I’m also not sure how ‘big’ of a crush it had to be in order to be included in the drawing — you know how when you’re younger sometimes a crush can last just a few days.
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I know for sure the green girl represent the Green Girl, who manifested as the mermaid in The Mermaid and the Sailor. I think all three of the green girls represent that individual and that she appears three times, each getting grander, to represent how much that crush grew over time. Even though I met and attempted to date other girls she had remained prominent in my mind and would always re-emerge — well, until the crush ended. I imagine that if I would have been more focused on my abstract art back then she would have appeared more often. Perhaps as often as the Purple Girl.

This is getting way off the subject here, but for trivia’s sake, I’ll reveal the origin of their names and why they’re based on colors. You see, the Green Girl really loved shades of green back in the day and in college I once had a dream where I only called her The Green Girl. Later on, the Purple Girl turned out to be even more enamored with purple than the Green Girl was with green.

When I appear in my drawings I often manifest myself in shades of blue, which coincidentally, is also my favorite color. I wouldn’t go so far as to refer to myself as “The Blue Girl”, however. I don’t really need a pseudonym like that since I can refer to myself without invading somebody else’s privacy.