{"id":3516,"date":"2023-08-26T09:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2024-03-29T04:19:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T09:19:54","slug":"coincidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=3516","title":{"rendered":"Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob Dylan&#8217;s <strong>It&#8217;s All Over Now Baby Blue<\/strong> has always fascinated me. I liked the seeming disjointed word-play and odd imagery. The line <em>&#8220;take what you have gathered from coincidence&#8221;<\/em> seems to pop into my head at odd times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;d always thought it meant something like&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">You&#8217;ve been warned! Why haven&#8217;t you been paying attention?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The line, taken to heart, could lead anywhere from stupid superstitions to the discovery of penicillin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Keep your mind open &#8211; you are being shown the way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>It's All Over Now Baby Blue<\/strong>\r\nby Bob Dylan\r\n\r\nYou must leave, now take what you need\r\nYou think will last\r\nBut whatever you wish to keep\r\nYou better grab it fast\r\n\r\nYonder stands your orphan with his gun\r\nCrying like a fire in the Sun\r\nLook out baby, the saints are comin' through\r\nAnd it's all over now, baby blue\r\n\r\nThe highway is for gamblers\r\nBetter use your sense\r\nTake what you have gathered\r\nFrom coincidence\r\n\r\nThe empty handed painter from your streets\r\nIs drawing crazy patterns on your sheets\r\nThe sky too is fallin' in over you\r\nAnd it's all over now, baby blue\r\n\r\nLeave your stepping stones behind\r\nThere's something that calls for you\r\nForget the debt you've left\r\nThat will not follow you\r\n\r\nYour lover who has just walked through the door\r\nHas taken all his blankets from the floor\r\nThe carpet too is foldin' over you\r\nAnd it's all over now baby blue\r\n\r\nWell, strike another match\r\nYeah, go start new, go start new\r\n'Cause it's all over now, baby blue<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps related to the lyrics of Judy Collins&#8217; beautiful song <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.judycollins.com\/lyrics\/nightingale\" target=\"_blank\">Nightingale<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0002b5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Jacob\u2019s heart bent with fear,<br>Like a bow with death for its arrow;<br>In Vain he search for the final truth<br>To set his soul free of doubt.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but Jacob&#8217;s heart is shadowed by sorrow and doubt, and causes him to miss the beauty surrounding him<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0002b5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">While the plums that [the nightingale] broke with her brown beak,<br>Tomorrow would turn in to songs.<\/mark><\/em><br><br><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0002b5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Jacob put back his frowns and sighed&#8230;<br>&#8220;God doesn\u2019t answer me<br>and He never will&#8221;<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Weir&#8217;s Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a fascinating analysis of It&#8217;s <strong>All Over Now Baby Blue<\/strong> by David Weir. He frames the lyrics as a spiritual battle of someone who suddenly realizes she has lost everything. Then she searches for meaning (possibly following a devastating breakup), for a path forward, for reassurance that she is choosing the moral path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can&#8217;t do justice to Mr. Weir&#8217;s analysis, but he&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bobdylansonganalysis.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/21\/its-all-over-now-baby-blue\/comment-page-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just a click away&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hope<\/span><\/em><br><em>The song is a fine representation of someone\u2019s mental state as they oscillate between decisive action and despair.<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobdylansonganalysis.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/21\/its-all-over-now-baby-blue\/comment-page-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Weir<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wheeler, a commentator to Mr. Weir&#8217;s blog, offers some thoughtful insights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The highway is for gamblers&#8221; \u2013 time to get up and take a risk, but you &#8220;better use your sense&#8221;. However, nothing actually makes sense, hence the next line \u201ctake what you have gathered from coincidence.\u201d It\u2019s really a solid juxtaposition, because what sense is there in coincidence?<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobdylansonganalysis.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/21\/its-all-over-now-baby-blue\/comment-page-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wheeler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are, of course, a plethora of opinions about these lyrics,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peter Lovering&#8217;s Art: Take What You Have Gathered By Coincidence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hadn&#8217;t heard of Mr. Lovering, of Edinburgh, Scotland, prior to seeing this painting today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-twentytwentyone-border wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fineartamerica.com\/featured\/take-what-you-have-gathered-from-coincidence-paul-lovering.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/take-what-you-have-gathered-from-coincidence-paul-lovering.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/take-what-you-have-gathered-from-coincidence-paul-lovering.jpg 706w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/take-what-you-have-gathered-from-coincidence-paul-lovering-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Take What You Have Gathered By Coincidence<\/strong> by Peter Lovering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has some beautiful work. A portrait of MLK is titled from a King quote: <strong>Forgiveness Is Not An Occasional Act \/ It Is A Constant Attitude<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-twentytwentyone-border wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paul-lovering.pixels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/irl_08_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/irl_08_003.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/irl_08_003-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/irl_08_003-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Forgiveness Is Not An Occasional Act \/ It Is A Constant Attitude<\/strong> by Peter Lovering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Lovering has an expansive and varied catalog. Here&#8217;s a collection of my favorites. All these (and many more) can be found on Mr. Lovering&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/paul-lovering.pixels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/irl_08_019.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"273\" data-id=\"3526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/irl_08_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3526\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/irl_08_004a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"261\" data-id=\"3535\" 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marianne Faithful cover of <strong>It&#8217;s All Over Now Baby Blue<\/strong>:<br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXrJVloID8k?si=4JQH724C0UL2jc04\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judy Collins&#8217; <strong>Nighingale<\/strong>:<br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5tggYtTq0w?si=vnP41LGsdyMfknNT\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 hours of real-time, non-looped nightingale song&#8230;.<br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NK2_bcQcoD4?si=mKaN_-kWnQM896ZH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Baby Blue<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/download-3-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"23054\" 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