Orenda Fink is known for her quiet, introspective songs and her unobtrusive approach to singing. Her music, both on her own solo albums and with Azure Ray (the band she fronts with longtime friend Maria Taylor), tends to be forlorn and unsettling, albeit imbued with an underlying belief in the ultimate goodness of existence. The songs on her new album, Blue Dream were inspired by the death of her dog, as well as general meditations on the limitations of existence on the material plane. On the LP, Fink goes deep into the primal questions of death and the meaning of life. The lyrics are dark, but the music is bright and buoyant, although still played at the laid-back tempos that are her forte. Fink will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on her.
Fink: I am a strong believer in the wisdom and healing power of dreams. Dreams are not arbitrary or superficial. There is a language to them, and if you learn how to read that language, you can discover powerful information about yourself and the nature of the universe. There is no greater source of self knowledge than your own subconscious, and dreams are a direct way to access that knowledge. We live in a mysterious and wonderfully complex world. There is so much yet to be discovered about time, space and consciousness. Dreams hint to us that the impossible is possible.
