"The phrase The Will To Death refers to the underlying, predominantly unintentional, organization in works by artists who love and are devoted to the creative force, but hate what they see of the life force and its ways. It is a set of abstract principles which may be applied in the creative act. In artistic symbolism, one comes close to death, and not only does he not die, but he lives more fully for having had the experience. It may be conceived as a set of musical/mathematical formulae which the musician utilizes without knowing it."
I'm guessing this song/album must be about this. Even though his lyrics are hard to understand at times and so is the link, I've noticed his songs have a lot of meaning behind them. Very spiritual. Very Buddhist in particular.
Quoted from John Frusciante himself:
"The phrase The Will To Death refers to the underlying, predominantly unintentional, organization in works by artists who love and are devoted to the creative force, but hate what they see of the life force and its ways. It is a set of abstract principles which may be applied in the creative act. In artistic symbolism, one comes close to death, and not only does he not die, but he lives more fully for having had the experience. It may be conceived as a set of musical/mathematical formulae which the musician utilizes without knowing it."
here's the rest of the entry: http://johnfrusciante.com/article/the-creative-act
I'm guessing this song/album must be about this. Even though his lyrics are hard to understand at times and so is the link, I've noticed his songs have a lot of meaning behind them. Very spiritual. Very Buddhist in particular.