hi marcel. i wanted to comment on that long list of
joni's lovers/boyfriends/companions that you posted. although
you wrote that you "have to caution" that there may be
no link between each person and the work of art listed
next to HIM, i'm still troubled despite this "cautioning."
i'm sort of dismayed by the way this list of men looks,
by what it assumes and presumes to do. is it really
meaningful to reduce the albums to which man she was with
at the time? what does this kind of simplified biographical
shorthand reveal?
i'm not trying to be disingenuous...i'm confused. what's
interesting to you about viewing her work in this way?
my own understanding of this is that i see it as reductive,
and stereotypical. as if we must view joni as a woman
with a man before we can begin to understand her as an
artist.
--emily
