Tom Atwood
photography, films, music, lectures
The Relentless Horizon
Wildfires burned large parts of the western United States in 2021, sending smoke and ash across the country. In Illinois, the summer sun was red.
Keep Looking for Jesus
Clearly, evidence of a messiah complex.
I used to think I was Jesus
Come again to save the world
I used to think I was Jesus
Come again to save the world
Not a broken bone in my body
I could be the chosen one.
Did you ever think nothing is real
Except in your mind?
No people around you, no world,
No stars when you close your eyes
Did you think were Jesus
Come again to save the world?
It could be true
It could be true.
Keep looking for Jesus
Everywhere that you go
He could be a man on the street
He could be the Man in the Moon
Keep looking for Jesus
He may come back soon
If it’s true
If it’s true
I mean no disrespect
Singing this song
I know I might be right
Then again I might be wrong
I’m just looking for Jesus
Don’t you want to come along?
Come along we'll look for Jesus
Everywhere that we go
He could be a man we meet on the street
He could be the Man in the Moon
Keep looking for Jesus
He may come back soon
If it’s true
If it’s true
If it's true
If it's true
It could be me
It could be you
©1997 Tom Atwood
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Back in the USSR
A snowy overlook in Moscow during the winter of 1977. Photograph by Tom Atwood.
Influences of Sound on Meaning
The characteristics of sound and how sound can influence meaning. A lecture for MC 301, an advanced audio production course at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Spring 2021.
Photography
Holy Temple
We are nothing. We are free.
Save me from
Holy temple
Sweet tradition
Blind my eyes
Sweet tradition
I am nothing
I am you
We are nothing
We are nothing
Holy temple
Save me from
Ho-ho-holy temple
Blind my eyes
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet tradition
set me, won't you set me free?
I may be nothing
I am you woo, whoa, yeah
Together baby we are nothing
©1977 Tom Atwood
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From the album Fire and Sound, released December 25, 2020