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I am assuming we ars talking about the planet Earth now? I can accept that yes, except what do we have this to compare to? Or should I just accept that it’s wonderful? All of it? Every bit of it? Maybe if I choose to ignore some bits of it, shove fingers in my ears and go ‘la la la la la’ I make the awful bits go to the background and then be able to say ‘it’s a marvel isn’t it, this world thing’ And I suppose our limited knowledge of the universe gives little to compare earth with, but isn’t Pluto great and I hear Uranus is lovely at this time of year Perhaps I shouldn’t take the song literally and just enjoy the meaning, the glimpse of the world the song is aiming to show us
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I am thankful for….
The media play a significant role in tying to tell us what to feel and when. Watching news programs is now a barrage of emotional rage forcing opinions, outrage and criticism to us but at the same time they point out how helpless we are at challenging any of the issues raised that I sometimes suspect they are just trying to manipulate us into a position where we are to feel numb/ outraged and flaccid as that’s all they think we are capable of. Basically its being ‘lazy’ disguised as ‘journalism’ How are we supposed to take in a Flash Flood here and an Earthquake there with hundreds dead and more starving waiting for help to arrive and move on to deciding what to have for lunch, 'hmmm, bagel or focaccia'. What coping mechanisms do we utilise just to get through the day? With the arrival of ‘reality stars’ though, it would appear that lots of people are willing to be part of this ‘fake reality’ and even more disturbing, people enjoy watching it. Of course people should be able to be who they wish to be and watch whatever they want, I just question that ‘being on TV’ or having your photo in a magazine or being famous is not something to aspire to, why don’t we see more stories about nurses or doctors or firefighters in the media? Don’t those professions inspire younger generations? Or is being famous just a quick easy fix requiring little effort or thought A famous punk song in the 1970’s asked this bold question, and I wonder, when actually is nowadays? Now? The present? Is it a continuing cycle of what’s current? Perhaps the sentiment is not meant to be taken literally, perhaps it’s more ironic than an actual truth But what if everybody was happy, even just for a day, what if a wave of joy and happiness swept across the planet like a huge Mexican wave, would we be aware of this? Would news programs inform us of the progress of the ‘happy wave’ Would we have expectations of the oncoming wave, would we place ourselves in certain positions waiting for the wave to hit us? Or just go about our daily routines ‘when it happens, it happens’ Of course, the impending wave of joy might set some people off in a panic, perhaps people might be worried about
But what is so scary about being happy? Or would this happy wave hit us unknowingly, all we would know is joy, would we care where it came from? What affect would it have on the planet? Could we still function, or do governments and consumerism rely on us being in different states of being? If happiness was a product, where could you buy it? What would it look like? What package would it come in? Would there be adverts on television selling it to us? What celebrities might you see endorcing ‘happy’ to us and would you believe what they said to us? It would seem that happiness, in these modern electronic days, is downloading an app or finding free wifi, there were days not too long ago where I wrote computer programs but as time as passed, so knowledge has updated and left me behind, but in a creative way I am able to write music on software on a computer, and this makes me happy (I think) One day, we might we able to ‘download happy’ as a program which might give us an instant lift, would we want this? Would it be addictive? Would we allow ourselves 2 ‘happy’s a day’? Or would we lose ourselves in a constant trance state of happy, would being happy every single second of the day harm us in any way? |
AuthorFor Mood Music, Dax draws on and develops ideas originally created in 2012 from his experiences working as a health promotion specialist and project manager in areas of community development and community safety. Archives
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