(One of the albums that I listened the most, called "Go to 2000" (1999), by a Chinese singer Pushu)
I was born in 2001, which was a year encountered the big transition from cassette generation to disk generation. I have been through those great years from radios to Spotify, from telephones to smart phones and from something unmovable to everything portable. Those past stuffs always remind me of how I was growing up with them, and how my life is changing right now. I'm inevitably thinking about if I'm actively learning about new media or I'm forced to adapt to them. What is my position in this generation? I don't know, but anyways, I am always looking forward to the coming of a new generation.
"As we begin, so shall we go" (McLuhan,46).
I cherish all the new ideas.
I cherish all the emotions.
New ideas bring drastic revolutions.
Emotions keep every tiny piece of mercy.
They are as precious as diamonds are.
As we begin, we shall go.
There is no turning back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPUFm51rPIU
("New Boy" is the first song in the album"Go to 2000", which was my favorite one when I was four years old. I translate parts of the lyrics in a paragraph.)
"Oh How nice our future will be!
We welcome the coming of computers.
We welcome computers replace us to think.
Try on new clothes. Get new hairstyles.
Play WINDOWS 98 to take a break.
There will be no pain on our path to future.
How wonderful we will be!"
This song was carrying beautiful expectations to the 21century. It somehow constructs my character on accepting new stuffs: always remember to be open and wise. So I gave myself an English name "Kepler", which are also the names of distant planets. The Kepler stars are those unreachable expectations, but I believe expectations could be precious than anything else.
1-minute video: the Eye of the Beholder https://youtu.be/Ku7-N_mdD6I "Everything was dominated by the eye of the beholder" (McLuhan, 57). Everything starts with this quote. I went to the involvement fair a week ago, and I saw so many organizations on that day. I really appreciated the events. It was fun, and the ice cream was good. I was intrigued by this quote, so I kept it in mind. When I was standing in the corner, looking at the people, I started to think about if I perceive the involvement fair in a "beholder"'s view, I might have some different thoughts about this event. I remember there was music playing outside, but the louder musics are, the less people listen. We were all trying to convince others. We spoke louder and louder. But how much did listeners get? Did they really hear what you said? Did they really get what you said? Then I was a little bit tired of applying any music to this video. I muted the video, and I put the sound of
Tao Te Ching Here is the link of my powerpoint . The creator that I chose was Laozi. When I was doing google search, the first idea that came to my mind was "Tao Te Ching". I hadn't read this book before, so I spent two weeks reading both Chinese traditional and English versions. There are 82 chapters. Each chapter is quite short though. I took a lot of effort on understanding the traditional expressions in Chinese, and the "Tao" is abstract for me too. In my understanding, Laozi explains how everything works in its own way naturally, and how we can just let things happen without intentionally intervening them. It is called "wuwei" in Chinese (which means doing nothing). SO here is my thesis: things will develop in the opposite direction when they become extreme. I wrote this because people usually find that things will eventually go in an opposite way from what they expecte
I definitely am starting to know you better after reading your post.
回复删除I love "New Boy", too!!!! And he released a new version of this melody in 2017, which is "Forever Young". I love that song, too!
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