Listening to Imogen Heap in the Washington Rain
I suffer from quite crippling bouts of depression. Last year I was having a particularly bad spell, and so I decided to go on an adventure. I travelled coast-to-coast across America. Whilst I was there, I kept a travelogue on my website -http://travelingbooks.net/page1/page1.php

This is an extract from the entry for Washington DC.


I was sat on the steps near the Capitol. This was where Matin Luther King delivered his speech. Somewhat less dramatic, it was where Forrest Gump gave his speech that no-one heard. The rain was drizzling, but it was still very still and warm. In the distance, I could see the Washington Monument shimmering in the reflecting pool. There was practically no-one else around, just a couple of people taking photographs. Otherwise everything was still.

I took out my headphones and started up the new album by Imogen Heap - Ellipse. It may sound strange to say this, but it seemed the perfect moment to listen to it. Imogen Heap is exceptionally connected with her fans. She has basically shared every experience in creating the new album via blogs, Youtube and Twitter. She stages impromptu concerts online, just jamming and singing on the piano. I have 29 followers on Twitter, Imogen Heap is one of them.

I started planning this trip a long time ago and it has seemed as that as I have planned this trip, Imogen has created her album. The album itself was even released on the first day that I left Guernsey.

I’d waited for a time to listen to the album, to not be doing anything else as I was doing so. Sitting down listing to the end results of someone’s labour, whilst I was enjoying my own seemed the perfect moment. So, I sat in the rain and listened to this album looking out on a place that has so much history connected to it. To anyone reading this, it may sound strange, but it was a perfect moment, and I don’t have too many of those in my recollection.
( Kovacs Slogan free since 2003, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 14:10, Reply)