Revision of a Facebook Music Challenge:
From: 7 songs in 7 days — To: 7 feelings in 7 songs
No. 4 of 7: Whip It (Devo)
The lyrics of this song are all about conquering. The first two lines… “Crack that whip, Give the past a slip”… are what all of us try to do, forget the past and get over it.
What are numbers? Number 8, listed in the io9 article by George Dvorsky titled, 8 Great Philosophical Questions That We’ll Never Solve. The following excerpt from the article is a great place to begin contemplation:
This is essentially an ontological problem, where we’re left baffled about the true nature of the universe and which aspects of it are human constructs and which are truly tangible.
I imagine numbers to be both, abstract, and tangible. At least, the impact of their existence is tangible; therefore they have an intrinsic value. Though we can perceive a value in them, a higher number does not always equate to a greater value.
Excerpt from essay on Friendship, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
It has seemed to me lately more possible than I knew, to carry a friendship greatly, on one side, without due correspondence on the other. Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion. If he is unequal, he will presently pass away; but thou art enlarged by thy own shining, and, no longer a mate for frogs and worms, dost soar and burn with the gods of the empyrean. It is thought a disgrace to love unrequited. But the great will see that true love cannot be unrequited. True love transcends the unworthy object, and dwells and broods on the eternal, and when the poor interposed mask crumbles, it is not sad, but feels rid of so much earth, and feels its independency the surer. Yet these things may hardly be said without a sort of treachery to the relation. The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust. It must not surmise or provide for infirmity. It treats its object as a god, that it may deify both.
Best Friends Forever (BFFs)
Reading these thoughts of Emersons remind me of how many expectations we have in regards to others.
It's funny you should say that... 