#Joy Williams

[seulcaty]

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[lazyydaisyyy]

She had tried so earnestly once to be sane. But sanity, it was like holding onto a balloon, a balloon of the world, fragile and full of petty secrets and desires. She would let it go. It was easy to let it go.

Joy Williams, The Changeling

#joy williams #the changeling #words #lit #quote #quoteoftheday

[buckttommy]

i didn't knew the civil wars break was messy you know why?

So, the official story is that there was "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition." I think there was a bit more to it than that.

First of all, what you have to understand is that Joy and JPW were not married. I can't remember if JPW was with anyone at the time, but Joy, at least, was married and the man she was married to (Nate) was their manager. Joy and JPW not being married is extremely significant to the story because, if you're familiar with The Civil Wars, then you know the two of them had some of the most enchanting and electrifying artistic chemistry I've ever seen from two people (and have yet to see again) and a lot of people (myself included) thought they were together.

Anyway, Joy and JPW allegedly started to go their separate ways creatively after Barton Hollow. According to her, she was the one who started to drift away from him first. She describes their split as a "divorce" and said that they don't talk anymore. Following the fall of The Civil Wars, her marriage to Nate also collapsed (and almost failed, though I think they're still together). While Joy, in some way, attributes the destruction of *waves hand* everything to rumors spreading about a romance between herself and JPW, it's not hard to see why those rumors spread. Me personally, I think there was a bit of emotional infidelity (at the very least) going on between her and JPW that might have caused problems (and I'm not saying that to be messy or judgemental or anything like that; songwriting, making music with someone is intimate and sometimes this shit just happens) but they'll never confirm or deny either way.

The point is that the destruction of The Civil Wars was nasty and thorough, so the fact that they agreed to collaborate with Taylor again for Safe & Sound (Taylor's Version) is fucking HUGE. I doubt they had much significant contact throughout the rerecording process (if they had any contact at all; if they each recorded their parts separately, they wouldn't need to interact at all) but the fact that both of them even agreed to it at all is pretty shocking to me. They don't even acknowledge The Civil Wars' existence. Joy went on to make her own music, JPW went on to make his own music, I think, but nothing they're doing now is as good as what they did back then. I don't know if they lost something intrinsic when they split, but whatever it is, they each have yet to get it back. That's why I still listen to The Civil Wars and not whatever it is they're doing on their own. You can't replicate greatness and you certainly can't get it back once it's been broken.

This was long, but there you have it! The fruits of one of my untapped hyperfixations. I should really go to bed lol

#the civil wars #taylor swift #john paul white #joy williams #jack answers mail

[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

"Escapes" is available to read here

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[jacobwren]

“They were a gabby seditious lot, in the worst of health but with kamikaze hearts, an army of the aged and ill, determined to refresh, through crackpot violence, a plundered earth.” – Joy Williams, Harrow

#joy williams

[lucky-katebishop]

If Taylor Swift can get Joy Williams and John White back together to re-record a song there's literally no excuse anymore

#im literally crying #the civil wars was my favorite band in middle school #i swoon every time i watch a live recording of them #this really is daisy jones and the six core #the civil wars #safe and sound tv #taylor swift #ts #speak now tv #fearless tv #safe & sound #joy williams #john paul white #safe & sound tv #my posts

[intergalacticgoose]

#it’s true tho #what DID happen #the civil wars #joy williams #john paul white #poison and wine

[jennpelly]

Plants were lucky because when they adapted it wasn't considered a compromise. It was more difficult for a human being, a girl. She was never going to seek gainful employment again, that was for certain. She'd remain outside the public sector. She'd be an anarchist, she'd travel with jaguars. She was going to train herself to be totally irrational. She'd fall in love with a totally inappropriate person. She'd really work on it, but abandon would be involved as well. She'd have different names, a.k.a. Snake, a.k.a. Snow—no, that was juvenile. She wanted to be extraordinary, to possess a savage glitter.

— from "The Quick and the Dead"

#joy williams

[hejihra]

#y'all didn't tell me the civil wars came back #kinda #one day I hope we get a tell all on these 2 #the civil wars #joy williams #john paul white

[nerdnonymous0902]

AND IF I TEAR UP RIGHT NOW?

#joy williams #john paul white #safe & sound #taylor swift #the civil wars #basically im a child of divorce

[unbornwhiskeyy]

Jones begins his sermon. He can't remember when he wrote it, but here it is, typed, in front of him. There is nothing wrong in what one does but there is something wrong in what one becomes. He finds this questionable but goes on speaking. He has been preaching for thirty-four years. He is gaunt with belief. But his wife has a red cell count of only 2.3 million. It is not enough! She is not getting enough oxygen! Jones is giving his sermon. Somewhere he has lost what he was looking for. He must have known once, surely. The congregation sways, like the wings of a ray in water.

Joy Williams, “Taking Care”

#joy williams #i am so allergic to short stories but i may have found the oops! all bangers short story writer #and her name is joy williams

[loosejournal]

Joy Williams

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[notesonartistry]

Joy’s insta post about Safe And Sound 🥹

Aw, it's lovely. I really appreciate how much other artists are supporting her. Obviously, with good reason, but still ... it's nice!

#safe and sound #joy williams

[jacobwren]

“The incomprehensible beauty of nature was no more, but most had accepted the destitution done in their name. It was over and now it could begin, was the way those on the outside justified their refreshed complacency.” – Joy Williams, Harrow

#joy williams

[i-will-talk-fish]

Joy Williams _ When Creation Was Young (live) 

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[biblioklept]

Walton Ford's illustration for Joy Williams' story "The Last Generation"

Walton Ford’s illustration for Joy Williams’ story “The Last Generation.” The story appeared in the 1 April 1989 issue of Esquire.

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#Art #Fiction #Full Text #Joy Williams #Short Story #Walton Ford