No Choice but to Turn Fearless
Kim grew up in her brother’s shadow: a “shy, sensitive, closed” girl who later had “no choice but to turn fearless” to overcome her vulnerabilities. Her happy, privileged, middle-class upbringing was tainted by her father’s depression and her brother’s erratic behavior and mental illness. Kim’s relationship with Keller was complex.
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He was her biggest terrorizer, at times cruel and vicious towards her, yet at the same time an inspiration and a hero to her. He was charismatic and creative, and intelligent. Keller was also the first person Kim experimented playing music with. The two would jam on instruments together, making “wild, disorganized improv” unlike any music heard before, which would later inspire Sonic Youth’s unique sound.