there were four 11's in the time this was posted?

11:11pm
11/11/09

XD

I'm sure everyone (err... almost everyone) is familiar with the phrase: "A picture is worth a thousand words." If not, you are now--or will be soon.

It's based upon (from what I can gather) the idea that, at some times, words really don't add much to, so much as take away from, all that an image provides--or could provide.

Not just images, though--In addition to pictoral (s/p?) usage, I've had more than a couple people comment of my music, "hey, this is really good--but why don't you add some lyrics?"


...Before you continue, if you would, give this song a listen:



song url = http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Regret/1434605

























Perchance. . . the song inspired some thought?


Triggered a memory?


Maybe not.


I liked it.


Moving on--
























There're no words present in the song... but one--and perhaps it's just me--can still contemplate. . . can still entertain the thought of a sense of sadness, a torn individual behind the keys.



The song, in my opinion, bleeds emotion.



As for yours?














url = http://www.flickr.com/photos/horizon/66925463/




Another quote I'm fond of:

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and
 let people think you are a fool than to open
 it and remove all doubt."
--Mark Twain



In opening one's mouth--one not only crafts an opinion for themself, but also puts forth something might affect those who haven't yet formed their own opinion.

Observing a picture, for instance--one might find themself taking in certain aspects: muted colors, subtle expressions, conflicting visual points of interest--but the moment someone else makes mention of their thoughts on the picture, one's original scope of focus has been shifted.

One might immediately, and thoughtlessly, dismiss that secondary point of view as misguided and wrong, but .... as Aristotle pointed out, many years ago:

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be
 able to entertain a thought without
 accepting it."


To perform this second act, it is required that one still make a conscious effort to grasp the second point of view... all the while not having (perhaps) finished forming their first. Simply put--knowing of another opinion's existence inflicts one's ability to independently form their own.





To an extent--ignorance -is- bliss.













Note, though, that it is quite worth pursuing the opinions of others, should you desire to shape your own. And in some instances (ie. that guy's a murderer, he raped five children a few years ago)--knowledge>ignorance, but when it comes to such things as art, food, theories, music, and ideas in general. . .take a chance, have some fun.

As a former professor used to say:
You don't know, what you don't know, you don't know.