When THE CITY
OF MELBOURNE recently asked the public
to put in applications for the naming
of FIVE NEW STATIONS on a brand new
underground rail link, we submitted an
application accordingly.
In his 10 minute long 1976 masterpiece
title track 'Station to Station',
David Bowie sings:
"Here are we, one magical
moment
Such is the stuff, from where
dreams are woven
Bending sound, dredging the ocean
Lost in my circle
Here am I, flashing no color
Tall in this room overlooking the
ocean
Here are we, one magical movement
From Kether to Malkuth"
These mysterious lyrics are referenced
again on the back cover of the reissue
of the same album - Station to
Station.
In this picture, Bowie draws the Tree
of Life from the Kabbalah. Kether is
the topmost Sephirot (or Station) and
Malkuth is the station at the bottom
of the tree.
Although there
are 10 stations in the Tree of Life,
if we travel in a direct line, there
are only 3 more stations - hence the
representation of not only Kether and
Malkuth on the Melbourne rail but also
Daat, Tiferet and Yesod!
So imagine that. We travel (at least
part of) the Tree of Life - and one of
Bowie's greatest songs - each time we
jump on a train!
VERDICT
Although our naming proposal was not
successful, our naming
concept was picked up by the
tremendous Noise 11 music
website.....
LINK
TO NOISE11 STORY HERE
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