Mark wrote:
> The Gallery is one I'd really like to know whether or not it has any
> basis is reality. I happened to catch part of a program on Diego
> Rivera the other night & it was talking about his wife's frustration
> with his extra-marital philandering. I think they also said that she
> appeared in his paintings. Instantly I thought of The Gallery.
> Anybody know anything about The Gallery? Kate?
I always thought it was about a boyfriend from her art school days. After
Joni and Kilauren reunited and reading the news articles about Kilauren's
father who is a photographer, I tend to think it was about him. "I was left
to winter here (Joni left in Toronto) while you went west for pleasure" ("he
went to California hearing that everything's warmer there"). I like the
Diego Rivera tie-in you make.
> By the way, Kakki, The Dawntreader is one of my favorites. It always
> fills me with a sense of absolute tranquility & peace. Some sadness
> too. The line 'and the dream of a baby/like a promise to be
> free/children laughing out to sea' is really rather heartbreaking in
> light of what we know now. The memory of Kilauren was still very
> fresh in her mind when she wrote that one.
Though I think most all of her songs come from another world, this one has
such a strong otherworldy feel to me. Though the song Little Green was
written before this one, it appears to be the first song we might have heard
that hinted about Kilauren. There's a lot going on in those lyrics,
especially knowing now that Crosby also gave up a baby to adoption (James
Raymond) around the same time as Joni.
Kakki
