Meditations in an Emergency

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All of Me

All of Me

Ten thoughts on my favorite song

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Mar 11, 2023
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“Yearning Afterward” (1915), Koshiro Onchi
  1. “All of Me” is a song of first crush, first blush. It’s the headlong falling on your knees before somebody else, metaphorically. It’s full-on desire, a bit of anger, abandonment of the body, a ken to be consumed. And it’s not after the first date but the date, the one where everything suddenly matters, everythin…

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