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He turned 50, he got married, he had a child, he lost his mother, and now, he’s addressing all of these things in songs — with happy, legible images bumping up against orphic, unknowable ones.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2019
Hagood is interested in the way that orphic media is constantly “dulling and sharpening the senses, generating new aural sensitivities and means of suppressing and masking sound,” all in the name of self-control.
From The New Yorker • May 31, 2019
Today’s orphic tools may not aspire to the Greek prophet’s standard of beauty, but they carry this original impulse to combat the sounds of others.
From The New Yorker • May 31, 2019
"Reinhardt is an orphic figure of mythical allure because of the incredible things he could do with a guitar."
From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2013
It has turned aside from the orphic symbolism and verbal artistry rooted only in literature and having nothing in common with life.
From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various
