I prefer analogue. We live in a digital world nowadays. Everything seems to be computerized. Most of us understand that computers and all those gadgets are run by the digital stuff that is really just a big series of zeros (0) or ones (1). They turn little gates in the silicon chips on or off and that makes things, after elaborate coding, into words, pictures or sounds.
Take sounds for instance. I prefer analogue sound. That is what you hear when Joshua Bell, live, plays his Stradivarius. My ears aren’t good enough to tell a Strad from a common violin, however the music masters tell us there is a significant difference. I can hear the difference between “digitally mastered” music and the real live stuff. Well, except for some of the modern rock, or whatever, all I hear is loud noise along with the fireworks and flashing lights.
If one pays attention to the prattling in Washington and other seats of modern chaos you perceive the digital effect also. Side A says they are right and that Side B is woefully wrong. Side B claims that they are right and that side A is woefully wrong. The net result is much like a modern rock concert a lot of noise, there just are no flashing lights.
They are both digital things O and 1. There is no consideration of the infinite possibilities between O and 1. My math friends tell me there are an infinite number of smaller and smaller between 1 and 0. My music friends tell me there are an infinite number of harmonics along with the notes in a musical sound. That is why a Stradivarius makes a better sound. This on, off stuff says the world is a light switch, the light is on or off. Thank Goodness for sunrises and sunsets where there is that infinite variety of light and on really good ones a great variety of color.
Those are the types of things that makes life OK.
Right now I am reading medieval history. There were kings and barons fighting for supremacy just like Side A and Side B do today. If you read between the lines you can see that it today is not different one side wants the bigger slice of the pie. Both Now and then one can often discern that there is something between where all could benefit.
This brings to my mind the wonderful story of the King and I. That story was set in the days when there was a Siam and they had a King. Anna was the lady who helped set the King straight. One of my favorite songs in the show was “It’s a Puzzlement”. King’s song had wisdom. In this digital age you can look up the lyrics to the song on your computer. You might even find them in the library. They are worth a read for those of us who have a preference for an analogue world.
