Lyrics ::::::
Monday makes you want to vomit
Tuesday life’s gone awry
Wednesday you look in the mirror
See yourself and start to cry
Thursday you’re looking for answers
In the bottom of a glass
Friday your spirit’s rich
But your cash flow is working class
Nobody knows
We get our news from TV shows
In the Great Beyond, surely they’re not
Crazy for the country club
One day you’re flush, the next day you’re mush
Don’t need a savings bond
In the Great Beyond
The grease in the hair of the 50’s
Gave way to the swinging 60’s
The hippies are yuppies now
Finance is their sacred cow
No one’s sure
What to believe and what to ignore
In the Great Beyond, surely they’re not
Psycho for a FICO score
One day you’re set, maybe not yet
Accounts are never overdrawn
In the Great Beyond
credits
from King of Air, released June 2, 2023
In collected illustrations by survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, there are two striking pieces by Akiko Takakura, who was about 300 yards from the hypocenter. One shows a woman who is so thirsty, she is trying to drink black rain. Another shows a hand emitting blue flames.
When we met Ms. Takakura in 2012, we were surprised to find that her story offered a glimmer of hope amid all the horror. At just 19 years old, surrounded by catastrophe, she experienced a kind of affection from her father that she never received before. It was a small moment of happiness during unspeakable tragedy.
We asked ourselves how she had found peace with a world that had been so cruel to her. Did the secret lie in the moment when her father washed her hands after the bombing? What does an act of love in a moment of despair mean?
We lived with the voice of Ms. Takakura for the years it took to complete the animated film above. There were many moments when we wanted to walk away from this project, to close our eyes to the horror we were illustrating. Her voice urged us forward, asking us not to forget.
The illustrations by Ms. Takakura and other survivors inspired the visual style of the film. They were predominantly created by individuals who weren’t professional artists, who presented their stories in a raw and unfiltered way. They were saying: This is what happened to us.
There are few people alive today who saw the impact of the atomic bombing with their own eyes. When they’re gone, their memories and raw emotions go with them. We were lucky to be able to capture Ms. Takakura’s story, in her own voice.
Though there are thousands of stories of Hiroshima, the experience of a single survivor reminds us that there is only one possible human response: This should never happen again.
– Text and Film by André Hörmann and Anna Samo
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