Advertising

I read this article from The Economist a few months ago about how the music industry will eventually move to handing out their songs for free, since that's what people demand.  The downside is that we will be all the more exposed to excessive advertising.  So I've been thinking about this... wondering how many other sectors will take this route, and what the implications will be.  I've been wondering how frustrating it will be to attempt to avoid the stream of arbitrary true-or-not-true messages that will inevitably knock my door down.  It's already started.  If you are addicted to television or the internet, you can't avoid it.

Sometimes I just think about the amount of information I can access in a few clicks, and I wonder how people get grounded, how they decide what endures, out of all the bytes upon bytes, what information not only tells the truth, but is of any use.  I'm pretty deeply grounded, and I get lost in it sometimes.  I've learned it helps to find a quiet place with a blanket and a notebook and just write.  

speaking of...

"There is a quiet place
Far from the rapid pace
Where God can soothe my troubled mind
Sheltered by tree and flow´r
There in my quiet hour
With Him my cares are left behind
Whether a garden small
Or on a mountain tall
New strength and courage there I find
Then from this quiet place
I go prepared to face
A new day with love for all mankind"

and of course...

i love how she takes her time... my favorite voices are when the singer holds back, knows how much is enough, knows how to build up to the soaring parts.  Listening to a singer who overdoes it is like walking into a TJIFridays type of restaurant where the walls are so busy you can't tell what the paint color is. Give me more paint!