All that we have in this world is what we have started from. That’s why the past matters so much, and that’s why how we’ve come to be has been an amazing, and sometimes perilous, journey. What moves, motivates, and takes us on, is something so deep inside us as to be unknown. And we are afraid of the unknown, because we cannot understand through measurement, qualification, and and level of knowledge to make what is unknown, known. The way we as a whole world exist, for we as humans, through the internet and other amazing creations, have managed to now link the entire world as a unit. Making a great game for those advertising products, making those products, and shipping those products. A game to provide the cheapest and most attainable profit, to have a better life-without tackling unknowns. The past has formed an old culture, one that we have become tired with, for there was an ability to live with the unknown without qualifying it. And this has granted us now with a world engineered to be understood. So why do we understand this world now, any more than we have in the past? We think we do, and apparently that’s what matters. It is these things that change us through the years, what we think.
Linking ourselves, coping with that which is not understood, it has been achieved. Though we don't realize it for the levels of electronic complexity that now coat our communication.
It is in music that we should find solace. No matter our taste preferences, it is this most natural and true of art forms unique to the human race, that need not be lost. Music, from classical to rap to pop and every genre in between, has it's place in linking us as humans. Sadly, to me, however, we seem to have lost touch with it to an extent thanks to radio stations trying to constantly play music. Short songs, that keep our attention for as long as it can be held. Still containing beats, but simplistic in their complexity. We now understand what the human brain of today likes to hear, no matter the background. We have lost some of our musical diversity to science.
But too there are artists that stay true to the art of music. These artists must be heard. Somehow, there needs to be a collaborative effort beyond what pandora and 8tracks offer. These online music stations attempt to play music that we like. Why not play what it is that we don't like? Why not offer a counter. To discover what it is we think we don't like. Say a rapper listens to only rap music. Why not offer them the musical diversity of the folk tradition? What if they learned of the complexities that are in this altogether different art form? To show them how to make their music unique in a completely new way. I have witnessed people into the hardest rock bands like the soft sweet celtic melody or the country music lover to switch to pop music because they want to add diversity to their listening.
As humans, we have begun to electronically limit ourselves. If it's not on the internet we don't know about it. If no one posts the video, or makes a gif, or takes the time to type up a report or article or piece on something, how do we know it even happens anymore? Updating a joke, if no one blogs about it, did it really happen? If no one posts on facebook about something, did she really find her true love? What if we could learn to handle this electronic, interweb, multimedia addiction? Where is the natural world in our lives anymore? It is time that we took a walk in a park and experienced the world on our own, without everyone.
We have an amazing world at our fingertips. We have the ability to connect to millions in seconds. But can we connect one on one? Can we handle a group of friends, or can we meet new people on the metro, without being pegged as weird or abnormal? To be able to socialize with those around us with no care for the current societal standards is now deviance. Because it is no longer that we want to take the time for anyone. And it stems from this world we're a part of, online. Plugged in. Can any of us manage to successfully unplug? Few can, but those who can might be those with the strongest character traits. Those who can appreciate the world, those are the ones that will hopefully never go extinct. We need these people in our lives, to bring balance to the chaos that is social media and our high-speed world.
Find someone who can take it slow, and enjoy the time with them. Or slow down the time yourself. Be the change. Be yourself, calmly, alone, in a setting that is tranquil. Learn to love it. Lose the stress of this high-speed world. Meditate. This is what we need to relearn, or start to learn, in this society. Love everyone, starting with ourselves, and to love ourselves, we have to be able to trust ourselves to be both alone, and on our own, and in silence, without giving in to the addiction of our media driven world.
Next time a song comes on that you're not familiar with on a different radio station. Listen. For as long as you can. Or something you almost never listen to on your music playlist, or an artist that you aren't comfortable with on pandora radio. Just absorb it. Maybe just the once. But say you have done it. And try, without stressing about it, to relax into the moment of listening. Find a new favorite artist. Live and learn and love the music that flows through all of our veins. Detox from this high speed world. And learn, that we do matter, and that we includes the us, the you and the I, and that we can make this world a better place, together. Be confused in your understanding of the world. Let something confuse you. It is the best experience you can have. Because you will automatically learn to understand that something, and you will be a better person because you didn't have to google what another thinks. Cope, live, believe in ourselves, and listen. Listen to the music in our lives. All of it. Not just the radio station we are used to, but tune in to a new channel. And expand ourselves in doing so. Unplug from what is set for our stereotype. Share a file from your life to someone else's, and let them do so for you. You will learn much from listening to someone else's life. Love, and learn about their love of you. Be confused, but learn to understand too.
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