I’m telling you that the mother is primordially all-powerful, and that this cannot be eliminated from this dialectic if we are to understand anything worthwhile. It’s one of its essential conditions.
just lazy. every work generates the standards by which it’s to be judged. the twigs “project” has always had very lofty ambitions that her work product does not measure up to. it has nothing to do with other artists, there’s not a one-size-fits-all rubric; this isn’t gradeschool
totally vibeless, spent a career meandering through sounds, aesthetics, desperately trying to stumble into meaning because she has absolutely nothing to say.
@peaapodd explored genre, yes, but to what effect? she hasn't expanded genre so much as molded herself to fit existing conventions. and the example of that "one simple lyric" points to my broader criticism that her lyrics remain at a level of impressionistic generalities
the issue isn't whether the experiences are present; it's whether she does anything with them beyond presenting them. experience is not in-and-of itself perspective
biographical details are relevant context about her perspective, which you’re claiming she doesn’t have. and in the case of MAGDALENE, those biographical details are artistically expressed and embodied in the text itself, so i struggle to see the value in separating the two