{"id":20627,"date":"2012-01-09T20:22:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T01:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=20627"},"modified":"2012-01-10T16:47:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T21:47:03","slug":"bjork-all-is-full-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/01\/09\/bjork-all-is-full-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"bj\u00f6rk &#8216;all is full of love&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"525\" height=\"297\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yDYMfm0JQOE?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"525\" height=\"297\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yDYMfm0JQOE?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/yDYMfm0JQOE\" target=\"_blank\">Video link here.<\/a>) \u00a0 We were just getting disgruntled at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pandora.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pandora&#8217;<\/a>s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/bjork.com\/\">Bjork<\/a>&#8221; stream when &#8220;All Is Full Of Love&#8221; came on. We WOKE UP, amazed at what we were hearing and went looking for the lyrics. They are beautiful, somehow making us think of the creative process as much as love. &#8220;You have to trust it, despite wrong turns. It&#8217;s there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This video of a young Bjork performing the song\u00a0is a bit unfocused until 1:20 when it really picks up steam. At 2:30 she holds\u00a0a note &#8211; the word &#8220;love&#8221; &#8211; for a stunning 17 seconds.\u00a0It has an utterly forthright, courageous quality that reminded us<!--more--> of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2010\/12\/22\/yoko-onos-wish-tree\/#more-12300\">Piece for Soprano and Wish Tree Yoko Ono performed at MOMA<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0We figure that&#8217;s the point of things: to use whatever voice you&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>You&#8217;ll be given love<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You&#8217;ll be taken care of<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You&#8217;ll be given love<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em> You have to trust it<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Maybe not from the sources<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> You have poured yours<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Maybe not from the directions<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> You are staring at<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Twist your head around<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> It&#8217;s all around you<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em> All is full of love<\/em><br \/>\n<em> All around you<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All is full of love<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You just ain&#8217;t receiving<\/em><br \/>\n<em> All is full of love<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Your phone is off the hook<\/em><br \/>\n<em> All is full of love<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Your doors are all shut<\/em><br \/>\n<em> All is full of love!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All is full of love<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All is full of love<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All is full of love<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All is full of love<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Related posts: <a title=\"yoko ono\u2019s wish tree\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2010\/12\/22\/yoko-onos-wish-tree\/\">yoko ono\u2019s wish tree<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"beth ditto is a big relief\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/02\/22\/beth-ditto-is-a-big-relief\/\">beth ditto is a big relief<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"vision break: a dress that makes music\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/09\/19\/vision-break-a-dress-that-makes-music\/\">vision break: a dress that makes music\u2026<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"inside bj\u00f6rk\u2019s house (we\u2019re back!)\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/09\/06\/inside-bjorks-house-were-back\/\">inside bj\u00f6rk\u2019s house (we\u2019re back!)<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"a non-ipad glimpse of bjork\u2019s biophilia\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/08\/19\/a-non-ipad-glimpse-of-bjorks-biophilia\/\">a non-ipad glimpse of bjork\u2019s biophilia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Video link here.) \u00a0 We were just getting disgruntled at Pandora&#8217;s &#8220;Bjork&#8221; stream when &#8220;All Is Full Of Love&#8221; came on. 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