unite as one, a legacy desired by a music icon. a music icon that recently passed away, yet his dream and wish seemed to have happened. it started in stockholm and it quickly spread across the world. most cities have followed suit and people danced to the same song in various places in the city. here’s the video that started it all (for more…see youtube)
one could arguably define it as the most complex and important emotion that humans hold…it comes in various shapes and sizes, and for the most part there’s as many definitions of love as there are people. instinctively each person at some point or another will say they felt as if they did ‘love’, however agreeing on how it feels and what it is…that’s another story. quotes and various ideas about love have been spread around through civilizations. it has been used as a reason to smile and to hurt, a reason to cherish someone and to fight with or against someone…it’s been written about and it’s been sang about…everywhere you go there’s some sort of reference about love…yet for the most part it remains an emotion…an emotion that is so vivid to those who believe they feel it…yet illusive…
on the other side, science seems as if it has no boundaries…as long as there are unknowns there is someone that will be willing to study it…as it turns out there is someone studying love, helen fisher, and she’s been studying for around 30 years so far. without entering the discussion of when do we draw boundaries about what we study or how far we study…her research is bringing about evidence of how one starts to love, how it expresses itself in the body and it is starting to hint at us being able to determine why sometimes we just can’t help it but feel the way we do about a particular person…so love might be blind…but as it turns out it’s only blind to the human eye…
here’s a video (it’s about 20+ minutes long…but i can assure it’s worth it), enjoy…
at some point…i’ll have a bit more time to fully state my thoughts on her research and what this means to me in particular…but also to what this can mean to society as a whole…
music, an omnipresent part of the world. it signifies joy and sorrow, it is used to entertain and sooth…and it’s been used to unite. mark johnson started his journey to find ‘peace through music’ and his journey can be followed at the playing for change website. in the meantime, enjoy the following video, and then pass it on
the olympics are drawing to and end! vancouver will never be the same, the vibe in the city has most likely left some ripples that will change the way this city will party. in honor of the greatest event that this city has ever held, here is an olympic tribute list, -february 26 - tracks.
