"I need a sign to let me know you're here.
'Cause my TV set just keeps it all from being clear.
I want a reason for the way things have to be.
I need a hand to help build up some kind of hope inside of me."
I think these few lines express some major topics from class: The need to be in contact with others, the ambiguity of TV, and the desire for an explanation of why things are the way they are.
Do these topics come up more often than we think? Do they sneak there way into our brains way more ways than we realize?
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Oh well i definitely feel that these words come up often in my head. Alot of the time I have to turn the t.v. off because the world just seems to be moving to fast. Alot of the times I include these lines in my prayer and call out to God. Most of the things on t.v. leave some type of burden in my spirit and I can only shake my head and put my hope into God for guidance.
first of all i love that song and i never really thought of it that way. i completely agree with you though. we are constantly asking the question "why?". The tv does distort a lot of things, and we can definitely the media for making things unclear.
I think subconsciously, we are constantly bombarded by these thoughts. Whether we understand them or not, we always feel the need to turn to public eye to see what the media is up to. If we could just get past the media, our vision wouldn't be so clouded.
I agree, the media is constantly clouding our judgment and we are always subconsciously asking ourselves why things are the way they are. If we could "get out of our heads" we might be able to experience the world around us and really take in why things are happening the way that they are.
I think that they creep into our lives more than we realize. After all every single time we quesiton authority, aren't we in some way practicing Descartes' ideas?
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