when it all gets.... well... too serious......

I suppose we all have our own ways of looking at life. In general,
each and every one of us look at virtually everything from a different perspective.

When I was a child, I had a really difficult time working out whether other people
could see what I saw in the same way. You know... this question... "Is the orange coloured cow on this page really "orange"... or, does the person next to me see something purple...is what I call purple..maybe.. orange to him..?? Do you see what i mean. This whole thing about what we are taught versus what we percieve...well, it used to drive me bonkers.

I used to lose a lot of sleep at night over this kind of 'worry' (well, for lack of a better word... ha ha...perhaps I'll find the right word for tomorrow's "word of the day"). Anyway, I vividly remember contemplating the idea of "perception". When I was little, it simply seemed to make sense. Somehow, I thought that since we all look different, we all must 'feel' different as well... and since we all have somewhat 'different' opinions... then, therefore... we all must 'see' life (and therefore even colors and sounds..) well... differently...

If you don't understand me..or if you think I'm on some sort of drug... here it is put simply:

Ok, just .. Imagine: example: I hold up a blue card with a smuf on it... the couleur you see is in my mind iswhat you call 'orange'... however, we both call it "blue".. even though we both see a different color... what we both agree is... that the smurf..is.. well "blue".

In fact, this isn't very far from what we all encounter from day to day. I honestly believe that we all see life from completely different perspectives. If this is the case.. then, in our journey to be 'serious' and 'adult-like'... somehow, I've come to the conclusion that a good many of us try to take life a wee bit, well, too seriously....

(yes, this is a ramble...so, feel free to click elsewhere if you are bored...)

In general, this is why art & music are considered "relative" or simply why all art and musical taste very simply "subjective".....

Which leads me to one final point... since art and music are very "subjective".. and have less definition than "black & white" or "blue & orange."... sometimes I wonder why there is so much debate about these "artistic endeavours..." which makes me, in turn, wonder why "people".. sometimes... take art & music so "seriously".... since art and music are expository and meant to be 'enjoyed and deliberated" rather than "confused or denigrated.".......

what do you think?

music....

just thought I'd add some music to the page ;)
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