Jian - Just A Little Lovin’

In August 2006, I spent five days in solitude for the first time in my life. I sat in a summer cottage with just a computer, a guitar, a mixer and a microphone to keep me company. One of the aims of my voluntary isolation was to record a series of interpretations of some favourite songs of mine. The other aims were to go swimming, read books, have some new potatoes, and think. I managed to reach them all. After five days, during which I learnt a great deal about myself, I got a visit from a few of my closest friends. They described the look I had when I came to meet them at the bus stop as slighly mad and almost eerily welcoming.
Douglas Holmquist