BLOWIN' IN THE WIND ... (DSC_9863)
GROUP: MACRO MONDAYS
THEME: LOCKDOWN SONG
SUBJECT: A THISTLE
(not quite 2" horizontally)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI
I found a website where it asks others to share their thoughts as to what the composer, Bob Dylan, might have had meant when he wrote the lyrics of the song ... the post below caught my eye and mirrors my own thoughts especially during these days of pandemic and past election events and controversies ... I would like to give credit to the author but unfortunately (s)he is anonymous....
PS... I omitted quotation marks because I made a few changes and added few punctuation marks for clarity. Otherwise, the original thought stayed the same.... each question a cry for PEACE and yet each answer refers back to the "TITLE."
This song states we know the answers to his questions but like a piece of paper we are trying to catch on a windy day, the preverbal wind always keeps it just out of reach.
He asks, “how many roads must a man walk before he is a man?” We, as humans, are always proving our "manhood". “When will man know war,” solves nothing. We only will silence the cannons when each of us stops thinking we are always better than others.
When does oppression cease?; when will we have enough ears?; when will all people be treated the same? At the rate we are going in accepting one other, mountains will be washed to the sea before it happens.
The answer is "blowin’ in the wind.” We have to band together in catching that piece of paper. We have to "catch" the meaning of “loving each other.” Otherwise, the answer is just "blowin’ in the wind," waiting for us to get the meaning of PEACE. Peace is NOT the absence of war. It's acceptance of ALL.
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND ... (DSC_9863)
GROUP: MACRO MONDAYS
THEME: LOCKDOWN SONG
SUBJECT: A THISTLE
(not quite 2" horizontally)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI
I found a website where it asks others to share their thoughts as to what the composer, Bob Dylan, might have had meant when he wrote the lyrics of the song ... the post below caught my eye and mirrors my own thoughts especially during these days of pandemic and past election events and controversies ... I would like to give credit to the author but unfortunately (s)he is anonymous....
PS... I omitted quotation marks because I made a few changes and added few punctuation marks for clarity. Otherwise, the original thought stayed the same.... each question a cry for PEACE and yet each answer refers back to the "TITLE."
This song states we know the answers to his questions but like a piece of paper we are trying to catch on a windy day, the preverbal wind always keeps it just out of reach.
He asks, “how many roads must a man walk before he is a man?” We, as humans, are always proving our "manhood". “When will man know war,” solves nothing. We only will silence the cannons when each of us stops thinking we are always better than others.
When does oppression cease?; when will we have enough ears?; when will all people be treated the same? At the rate we are going in accepting one other, mountains will be washed to the sea before it happens.
The answer is "blowin’ in the wind.” We have to band together in catching that piece of paper. We have to "catch" the meaning of “loving each other.” Otherwise, the answer is just "blowin’ in the wind," waiting for us to get the meaning of PEACE. Peace is NOT the absence of war. It's acceptance of ALL.