hit it until it breaks

that Brian Eno quote about how whatever you find most repulsive about a medium (film grain, record scratches/fuzz, CDs skipping) will be the first thing you try and emulate once that medium is obsolete because it’s “the sign of a moment too powerful for the medium assigned to contain it”…. man…….

“Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” -Brian Eno

There is nothing more revolutionary than telling a world trying to condition you into accepting cruelty as a norm that you will be kind despite its best efforts.

I know life is a mix of both joys and tragedies but can we all marvel at just how many delicious meals you will get to eat and how many people will love you and you will love in return? Can we just think about the belly laughs you will have and how often you will get to scream in delight and cry happy tears? Think of all the sunsets and the moonlit nights you are yet to experience and how the wind will whisper folk songs into your ears and most of all, there will be warmth waiting for you out of the cold and a cool breeze for every hot summers day.