And the moon grows dimmer
At the tides low ebb
And your breath comes faster
And you're aching to move
But you're caught in the web...

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Nobody can tell ya
There's only one song worth singing
They may try and sell ya
Cause it hangs them up to see someone like you

But you've gotta
Make your own kind of Music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of Music
Even if no body else sings along

You're gonna be nowhere
The loneliest kind of lonely
It may be rough going
Just to do your thing's the hardest thing to do

Make your own kind of Music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of Music
Even if no body else sings along

So if you cannot take my hand
And if you must be going
I will understand

You've gotta
Make your own kind of Music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of Music
Even if no body else sings along

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My foundations
are in the universe
my spirit is universal
despite all pressures against me
to choose sides
black or white
man or woman
gay or straight
I am still a child
and an old woman
my blood is red
my choice is not to choose
I cannot choice
I am the exception to the rule of choice
I am one and all without exception
I defy the rules
I am me.

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Sweet little cherry blossom,
blooming before her time
Moving her lips to her favorite song,
cherishing every rhyme
Swaying her hips to the rhythm,
humming along with the tune
Lost in her own little dream world
Slow dancing with the moon

Watching her I cannot help,
but go back in my mind
And suddenly I find I am 15 again

Slow dancing with the moon
Oh, the stars got in my eyes long time ago
And I've lived my life like a love sick clown
In a bittersweet cartoon
Just a dreamy eyed kid
Slow dancing with the moon

Watching the girl I'm reminded
she's quite a lot like me
Trapped in the suburbs of wonderland,
lost in her own fantasy
Somehow my heart never grew up,
no one ever burst my balloon
So here I am swirling in star dust,
slow dancing with the moon

Still believe some day my wildest dreams
will all come true
And I'll find someone who'll
make me 15 again
But until then I'm
Slow dancing with the moon
Oh, the stars got in my eyes long time ago
And I've lived my life like a love sick clown
In a bittersweet cartoon
Just a dreamy eyed kid
Slow dancing with the moon














































































































































































































Monday, November 12, 2007

Are we happier now that we have scientific knowledge?

"Philosophy divorced itself from science when it inquired which knowledge of the world and life could help man to live most happily. This occurred in the Socratic schools: out of a concern for happiness man tied off the veins of scientific investigation -- and does so still today." Nietzsche, Human, all too Human.

In today's world, everything in seeped in science. Science that no one understands. Science is so separated, no one understands the science that gets them through they day, let alone the science that promises to improve their future. Yet those who prise science over happiness, claim that it makes the joy we do have genuine. How can something too complicated for any one person to understand it all make us feel genuine? Are our more evolved lives happier? Do our computers, our TVs, our cellphones, make us feel more honest? Do they bring true joy into our lives?

Knowledge allows us to progress. It stops hypocrites, bigots, and more. It saves lives, catches criminals, and expose people to more of the world then they could ever hope to discover without it. But are we happier? As a nation? As a species?

I don't know my next door neighbor. My closest friend is over 20 miles away. Or one computer screen away. We have no way to meet people we don't choose to meet anymore. We socialize with those who are just like us, who agree with us, who go to the same clubs, same schools, or same websites as us. We claim to be exposed to the whole world, but we isolate our social lives to a single group of similar people, and isolate ourselves from those who might expand our horizons.

And this is the genuine life science brings us.

Heck if I know.

brynnlee let the night fall at 12:41 AM

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