STILL LIFE MEANINGS
Finally, the name itself, Still life, while not only sounding pretty cool, and (personnally) very deep, could mean many things. I don't know which of the suggestion it really means, but let's see what I can find...
The part about "objects" does not really apply (while we could think God is man-made) but the interesting parts is about the fact that it is unanimated (that stands still, doesn't move...), Mikael always loved that kind of portray. We can also find it in Watershed. It's like a picture of a particular moment, a situation, that seems now eternal on the picture (the end of the story seems to tell that the protagonist and Melinda will love each other beyond life, into eternity). The definition also suggests an "artificial setting", which could mean life itself, like if all in their lives was artificial, and that they only needed to escape from this prison, from the village, together, and go far away. Sadly, the story tells that they only way for them to flee was death, and I think the little outro at the end of White Cluster clearly represent that situation, while very sad, we can feel something beautiful, peaceful, that clearly shows us that while the conclusion seems negative, death (for the protagonist who died after Melinda, and in the end just wanted to join her) was
in fact a deliverance.
And after all, even if this is a story on a album, told with music, this is still life, it's still how life was, is and will probably be. People will always believe in Gods because of their fear, will always generate so much injustice.. and even if one dies, or many, it's still life, after all , and there will always be unsolved questions, unclear situations.
