The sounding board is the part of a string instrument (like a piano) that transmits the vibrations of the strings to the air, greatly increasing the loudness of sound over that of a string alone. It is also a generic name for a group of people bouncing ideas off of each other. This blog gives me a chance to “sound” things out loud and I hope I will be amplified by our interaction.
Monday, May 19, 2008
the new taboo
"Death has replaced sex as the subject too obscene for polite society" -Guthrie. Do you agree?
hmm. thats a toughy. I think that Americans don't handle the concept and reality of death very well. I think it is like the pink elephant in the room of our society. We all know we will die one day, but fail to aknowledge that we cannot escape death. On sex, i think it is becoming very commonplace in speech. Could we view death as taboo because we deny our own finite-ness (is that a word?) ...looks like I would agree with that quote.
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hmm. thats a toughy. I think that Americans don't handle the concept and reality of death very well. I think it is like the pink elephant in the room of our society. We all know we will die one day, but fail to aknowledge that we cannot escape death. On sex, i think it is becoming very commonplace in speech. Could we view death as taboo because we deny our own finite-ness (is that a word?)
...looks like I would agree with that quote.
oh man....
problem is we're all gonna die. so we gotta talk about it.
your picasso was great, by the way.
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