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From Kristi 03 / 08 / 09
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I just finished the book “Wasted—a Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia” by Marya Hornbacher. “God Help the Girl” could be the soundtrack to that book! And, both the book and the songs on your record resonate with me personally because of my own struggle with anorexia in high school, a hospitalization, and a move to Seattle (from a small town in Washington State) to attend the University of Washington in the early 1990’s.
And now my question….did you read extensively about eating disorders and mental health issues before writing this record? The songs are so powerful and really speak to my own experiences. Thank you! I actually cried the first time I heard “Musician Please Take Heed.”
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Hi Kristi
i must admit that i didn’t read anything about anything before i started writing! (Hope that ends up being ok..) I already had the songs to guide me, and the songs had just “come”. So i just developed the characters from there.
I must admit, i didn’t want to write an “anorexic” film. The idea was that eve had gotten over the worst of her travails as the story starts, so that it was just a ‘shadow’ that followed her as she tries to start over again.
i’m guessing that when a person starts putting a disorder behind them, that it’s not all fun and games. it’s when you have to start dealing with a lot of stuff that was simply ‘off the radar’ before. i wanted eve’s new life to be ‘tough, but better’, and awakening of some underused senses.
still working on it though!
thanks for the question
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From Kristi 03 / 08 / 09
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