The first part of Leave It Open seems to tap into the maxim, "Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil". The protagonist has learned to keep her mouth shut, her ears closed, and her eyes wide shut.
"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" is also present in the video for Sat In Your Lap. At 2:29-37, KaTe plays with 'see no evil', and the two jokers behind her play with 'hear no evil' and 'speak no evil'. So maybe Kate is after forbidden knowledge, the knowledge of the alchemist, the initiate, the angels, the devils!
The phrase, "Leave It Open", also suggests the advice her Doctor or Nurse might have given regarding a wound. Leave it open and let fresh air dry and heal... It seems that part of herself is weeping, festering, going crazy; and she must learn to Leave It Open; to channel emotions into creativity rather than self-harming destructivity (addictions, psychoses, paranoias, phobias, etc.) so that she can begin to heal her emotional self.
"Harm in us...": This brings to mind Thanatos, a primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct, Eros. The "Harm in us..." also brings to mind the "I am my enemy Mowing me over" and the "My silly pride Digging the knife in" from Fullhouse. "Harm in us" also suggests fearing the harmful intentions of others.
"but power to arm...": And this brings to mind Sat In Your Lap, Gurdjieff and Jesu, and the knowledge quest. Through philosophy, psychology, art, the paranormal, etc. we find the power to arm against the harm...
The first part of Leave It Open seems to tap into the maxim, "Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil". The protagonist has learned to keep her mouth shut, her ears closed, and her eyes wide shut.
"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" is also present in the video for Sat In Your Lap. At 2:29-37, KaTe plays with 'see no evil', and the two jokers behind her play with 'hear no evil' and 'speak no evil'. So maybe Kate is after forbidden knowledge, the knowledge of the alchemist, the initiate, the angels, the devils!
The phrase, "Leave It Open", also suggests the advice her Doctor or Nurse might have given regarding a wound. Leave it open and let fresh air dry and heal... It seems that part of herself is weeping, festering, going crazy; and she must learn to Leave It Open; to channel emotions into creativity rather than self-harming destructivity (addictions, psychoses, paranoias, phobias, etc.) so that she can begin to heal her emotional self.
"Harm in us...": This brings to mind Thanatos, a primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct, Eros. The "Harm in us..." also brings to mind the "I am my enemy Mowing me over" and the "My silly pride Digging the knife in" from Fullhouse. "Harm in us" also suggests fearing the harmful intentions of others.
"but power to arm...": And this brings to mind Sat In Your Lap, Gurdjieff and Jesu, and the knowledge quest. Through philosophy, psychology, art, the paranormal, etc. we find the power to arm against the harm...