April’s Springsteen colloquium moved me in many ways: the memories the songs have soundtracked, chiaroscuri of place and time, the urges to haul out underplayed or overlooked albums and batter through them all again (Lucky Town in particular, with ”Better Day”), reinvigorated, reminded, receptive again and hopeful.

chiaroscuro (n) : 1 the arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color 2: the art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. clair-obscur – source: Uncut May 2003, p. 7