Word: lazarus
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...plain self-portrait of the artist. The painting is Caravaggio at the height of his lethal powers. Throughout his life he included his own likeness in his canvases. But in exile, as he meditated more forcefully on his fate, he appears more frequently than ever. In The Raising of Lazarus - a powerful topic for an artist yearning for a papal pardon - he's struck by the same shaft of light that picks out the dead man. In his somber Saint Francis in Meditation, he may even be the saint. If so, it would be a telling use of himself...
These are not undiscovered manuscripts--everything in the restored version of Ariel has appeared elsewhere--but any excuse to reread Plath is a good one. We think of anger as an ugly emotion, but in poems like "Lady Lazarus" and "Daddy," Plath refines it to a state so pure that it becomes almost unbearably beautiful. Her poems unfold in a burnt winter landscape, lit by cold, melancholy sunlight and littered with strangled, frozen hopes, where her only chance is to draw strength from pain. "Beware," she cautions in "Lady Lazarus," "Out of the ash/ I rise with my red hair...
ARNOLD A. LAZARUS...
...music of Lazarus is truly only for the indie-rock aficionado. To the untrained ear this music is a less inspired Parachutes, or a less harmonious Sea Change. With its staccato synthesized tambour, poetically upbeat lyrics, but melodiously stilted chords, this is an avant-garde record with a narrow and specialized audience...
...Temporary Residence, Lazarus and label-mates Explosions in the Sky (EITS) performed an exhaustive tour of North America in the fall of 2003, and it was on this tour that EITS became permanently affiliated with William Montgomery. While Lazarus accredits his influences to Elvis Costello, Pink Floyd, Nirvana and others, much of the material behind the music is inspired by his road experiences while on tour...