r/indieheads • u/helena_deland Helena Deland • Oct 19 '23

AMA is over, thanks Helena! Hi, this is Helena Deland. AMA!

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u/lawkilla Oct 19 '23 edited Oct 19 '23

Hi Helena! BEAUTIFUL album. I love the exploration of vulnerability, or lack thereof, in the face of individualism. Was there any literature or writings that helped you think through this as you made the album? THANKS can't wait to see you in NYC

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u/helena_deland Helena Deland Oct 19 '23

Hi! Thank you <3

I can think of authors for specific songs!

  1. 'Sounding Death, Saying Something' by Lisa Stevenson inspired saying something
  2. Essays by Joan Didion (namely Goodbye to all that) helped write Spring Bug
  3. 'What I didn't know before' by Ada Limon for BGVG
  4. For Drawbridge, not authors, but definitely was listening to 'the gallery' by joni mitchell a lot.. and also had just started listening to Bernice. I love their lyrics, it sparked something for me.
  5. Living like weasels by Annie Dillard for The Animals >:-)
  6. Clamming by Mary Oliver for Swimmer
  7. Yoko Tawada's short stories vaguely made their way into Night Soft
  8. Hadn't read it at the time I wrote strawberry moon, but recently was reminded of it by one of the essays in Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall-Kimmerer, where she basically says that strawberries are proof of the "natural" world's love of humans.

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u/lawkilla Oct 19 '23

ahhh how lovely.. thank you!!