Dr. Levin believed that without being aware of it we all live in a trance which began at birth. The helplessness of our very early childhood leaves emotional scars. When as adults we are frustrated or frightened, our "baby brain" can trigger those feelings of helplessness.
In the course of our sessions. Dr. Levin reminded me that I was a grown person (about 65 at the time) and had the power to make changes in the my life. I had resources, assets and abilities to deal with adversities (real and/or imagined).
Our final sessions took place during the early days of the Trump administration. Dr. Levin asserted that our whole country was in a trance brought on by the election.
That thought has been bouncing around in the years since. There is unfinished novel somewhere around with this theme.
Now, there is a song.
The melody for "In the Trance" borrows liberally (maybe even radically) from "Workingman's Blues #2" from Bob Dylan's 2006 album, Modern Times. That song has been on my nighttime playlist for the last 5 months.
Dylan borrows his title from Merle Haggard's 1969 hit, "Workin' Man Blues." Haggard opened for Dylan during the Noble Laureate's 2005 tour.
"Take what you have gathered for coincidence?"
The line "sleep is like a temporary death" is from "Two Portraits" by Henry Timrod.
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| Henry Timrod (1828-1867) |
It's the folk process. Also, "Love and Theft."
I used three tracks to record the song in Garageband. For the the guitar track, I played an acoustic on the "crunch guitar/double driven" setting. The drum track is a preset...(Darcy, blue ridge). I used the 'dance vocal" setting for the vocal track. This turned out to be an up tempo recording by my standards anyway.
Film fans will notice clips from "Spellbound", the 1945 film by Alfred Hitchcock with a dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali. There is also a clip from Inception, the 2010 film by Christopher Nolan.
Thanks to Will Schutze aka Mr. Bonetangles, Willy James et al for use of his "Seventh Seal" clips.
