Video for my favorite Ukiyo-ki song “Quixote Thinks of Fuji.”  The song is a reflection on Hiroshige’s Fukeiga print - which made me think of Don Quixote thinking of Mount Fuji and what it would be like to see it through his eyes.  The video is from a five part travelogue called “Seeing the World.”  It is chopped up and pieced together to more fit the song.  Enjoy…

I finally got around to writing a new song.  This one is called Quixote Thinks of Fuji based on the print Fukeiga by Hiroshige.  This print caught my eye because I like the way Mount Fuji looks like it is an illusion.  I remember seeing Mount Fuji from the train on the Tokaido line.  It really is a sight to behold.  Usually, those kind of things - famous landmarks and the like - are not as impressive as they are hyped up to be.  Mount Fuji really was - I first saw it from behind a mountain and it is a perfect cone.  Then you see the whole mountain and it’s shape is just perfect.

Anyways, I started writing the song and it had a very drunk feeling - which is my preferred style of writing and probably the one I feel most comfortable - where rhythm is not really that important, only flow and some things that can’t really be named.  While I was writing, Don Quixote came to mind and I liked the idea of looking through his eyes to see Mount Fuji and that is how the song was completed..

Here is the download (free, as always) link: http://soundcloud.com/ukiyo-ki/quixote-thinks-of-fuji