...and the men and women merely players
in conversation with n today, he mentioned an analogy that his friend had discussed with him on the political condition of today. i'd like to document this analogy for the clarity that it brought, and so that i may continue to ponder over it:
imagine that every person in the world is the member of an immense orchestra. we each have our own instruments and our own specialties, but none of us are very good musicians (though we are getting better). also, the musical score we have with us currently is not the best... and, in fact, some people have lost some of their sheets of music. and so, we are on different pages of the piece we're trying to play.
also, when we play, in addition to not being as good, we don't even have that good an ear to tell when we are off. and finally, the conductor, our leader, is a conductor not for the love of music, but because he likes being a leader.
what we really need to do is all play the right score - play together, and become better musicians, and have a conductor who conducts for the love of music, and then we would all really achieve the full potential of our capacity with each of our instruments, instead of creating a cacophony. also, if we helped each other out with learning music, and finding the right pages of the musical score, things would go much faster.
those are the politicians of today. we want leaders who wish to serve humanity, not leaders who want to have power.
that was the analogy, and i'd like to think about how it applies to us as individuals. how can i, as an individual, learn to make better music? by learning to listen better? learning from those around me who have more of a direction? not playing at all? but the goal is to make music, not to be silent.
(and how does this analogy come together with or diverge from shakespeare's analogy that the post title refers to?)
imagine that every person in the world is the member of an immense orchestra. we each have our own instruments and our own specialties, but none of us are very good musicians (though we are getting better). also, the musical score we have with us currently is not the best... and, in fact, some people have lost some of their sheets of music. and so, we are on different pages of the piece we're trying to play.
also, when we play, in addition to not being as good, we don't even have that good an ear to tell when we are off. and finally, the conductor, our leader, is a conductor not for the love of music, but because he likes being a leader.
what we really need to do is all play the right score - play together, and become better musicians, and have a conductor who conducts for the love of music, and then we would all really achieve the full potential of our capacity with each of our instruments, instead of creating a cacophony. also, if we helped each other out with learning music, and finding the right pages of the musical score, things would go much faster.
those are the politicians of today. we want leaders who wish to serve humanity, not leaders who want to have power.
that was the analogy, and i'd like to think about how it applies to us as individuals. how can i, as an individual, learn to make better music? by learning to listen better? learning from those around me who have more of a direction? not playing at all? but the goal is to make music, not to be silent.
(and how does this analogy come together with or diverge from shakespeare's analogy that the post title refers to?)
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