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Thread #8162   Message #293211
Posted By: Lena
07-Sep-00 - 09:17 PM
Thread Name: Why we sing.
Subject: RE: Why we sing.
Gesu'Gesu',I wanted to write something but Big Mick's message amde me cry and now I'm so confused I can't remember...Ah,yes. It was a stupid dry scientifical thought.i heard one of Chatwin's last hypothesis about human traits around a month ago,it was about our need for storytelling and songs.when we discovered fire,we basically didn't have anything to fear anymore.We didn't have to stay awake all night to fight against big cats to come over in the cave and get us.Or bears.Or whatever(it's likely that children's fear for darkness comes from this anchestral istinct).So we needed to invent something else to fear about.there came dragons,evil wizards,dangers and black magic,stories and stories,to keep our adventurous fear trained...and also,what gets us humans is our capacity of learning.Which is enhanced from our comunication facilities-language,gestures,ets.As you all know,we learn from every story in every song.i learned a lot from Big Mick's story.It made me feel

And besides,I sing because I miss my mother's voice,I sing because I don't have wings,and I sing even if I'm hopless as a singer because often it's not easy to cry for my troubles and I need to make up somehow.