I try to avoid getting too much into the tortured-artist-was-just-too-sensitive -to-survive-this-world type of mythologizing, but this video makes me a little sad. The intimate sincerity of Elliott Smith’s music is truly moving.

I noticed just the other day that I work just a few blocks from the “Figure 8″ wall. I’ve been driving past it for months.

This video is from Jem Cohen’s short documentary, “Lucky 3.” It’s just Elliott with his guitar, playing Angeles from his 1997 album, Either/Or.