>>My idea about self-hatred, or more accurately lack of self-definition, comes from her early lyrics<<
this is a very interesting thought sarah! (although, i'd say lack of self-defination is quite different from self-hatred)...it does not suprise me that you find that element in her early lyrics although i never looked at it from that perspective before... search for self is such a huge motivation in & product of the creative process & with someone like joni who is/was so willing to go so very deep & to be so brutally honest & then express herself discoveries so eloquently, it is understandable that so many, in their own struggle to understand themselves in relation to others & their world, would find solace in her songs... ******************************************** Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs Over the Moon- "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" All Music Guide ********************************************
