http://listeningroom.lohudblogs.com/2008/10/02/zombie/ Hear and be heard Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:26:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://listeningroom.lohudblogs.com/2008/10/02/zombie/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Dave Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:44:05 +0000 http://listeningroom.lohudblogs.com/2008/10/02/zombie/#comment-112 I'm not much into musicals but I really wish I could have seen this play. There is something about African music and dance that shakes you to the soul and lets you know that this is what it means to be alive. Living in the suburbs (at least in Jersey), where to do anything, you are required to drive around in a self-contained bubble of comfort, is numbing to mind and soul. I think good art is anything that wakes us up out of our half-asleep state of boredom. I’m not much into musicals but I really wish I could have seen this play. There is something about African music and dance that shakes you to the soul and lets you know that this is what it means to be alive. Living in the suburbs (at least in Jersey), where to do anything, you are required to drive around in a self-contained bubble of comfort, is numbing to mind and soul. I think good art is anything that wakes us up out of our half-asleep state of boredom.

]]> http://listeningroom.lohudblogs.com/2008/10/02/zombie/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Mind Altercation Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:45:26 +0000 http://listeningroom.lohudblogs.com/2008/10/02/zombie/#comment-111 zombie is an interesting comparison to today's average american citizen. i don't know much about zombies, but it seems that they aren't in control of their actions, either because they have a higher master, and are trained, or because they are dead and then follow some basic programming that i'm not sure where it comes from. either way they aren't thinking for themselves. but extending the comparison, what about humans? are we trained, or just dead? trained to be dead? the more i think about this, the more questions i have. has corporate america bought us into a deep lazy, lethargic slumber? after all, what class in america exists that can't afford to shop regularly, albeit at walmart or kohl's or BJ's wholesale? goods are more readily available to us than ever, and anyone who's ever bought one knows the sense of well-being or distraction or enjoyment a consumer item can bring. buying things gives the illusion of moving forward, progressing, rising... but in the face of this illusion, those who see through it are all the more disillusioned. maybe its not that we are thinking less "these days" but that we thinking no more nor less than any generation that has come before us. but maybe what's different is the illusion that marketing strives to create of progress, of better, moving forward. is it the illusion that causes our disillusionment? would we be happier if we were more honest about the simplicity of our lives and thoughts and aspirations? well, either way, i don't think a zombie couldn't ask that question... zombie is an interesting comparison to today’s average american citizen. i don’t know much about zombies, but it seems that they aren’t in control of their actions, either because they have a higher master, and are trained, or because they are dead and then follow some basic programming that i’m not sure where it comes from. either way they aren’t thinking for themselves. but extending the comparison, what about humans? are we trained, or just dead? trained to be dead? the more i think about this, the more questions i have. has corporate america bought us into a deep lazy, lethargic slumber? after all, what class in america exists that can’t afford to shop regularly, albeit at walmart or kohl’s or BJ’s wholesale? goods are more readily available to us than ever, and anyone who’s ever bought one knows the sense of well-being or distraction or enjoyment a consumer item can bring. buying things gives the illusion of moving forward, progressing, rising… but in the face of this illusion, those who see through it are all the more disillusioned. maybe its not that we are thinking less “these days” but that we thinking no more nor less than any generation that has come before us. but maybe what’s different is the illusion that marketing strives to create of progress, of better, moving forward. is it the illusion that causes our disillusionment? would we be happier if we were more honest about the simplicity of our lives and thoughts and aspirations? well, either way, i don’t think a zombie couldn’t ask that question…

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