Looking through the internet looking glass and of course it’s Google Chrome, who by the way seems to be having its issues as in crashing my movie night.  Yes, I was able to go out there on the mass super computer highway of chaos and manage to find the fix on some totally unknown and obscure site.  Now the question is to download or not.  Do I trust this unknown entity with my life essence and false sense of security?

While I am on this techno adventure I seek some quiet, sombre but delicate music to help with the creative flow.  I go to my browser in YouTube and type in “piano music” I then have a menu of choices and the one I pick says “Long Playlist of Relaxing Soft Piano Music to Sleep and Study By”  So I’m thinking “perfect” just what my over hyper brain needs in order to put it to rest.  So click and the first thing I see is an ad scene I didn’t ask for. The screen displays fast moving images, flashing colours and some outrageous vocal which makes no sense to these over sensitive ears (oh forgot, not sensitive at all, practically deaf) trying to sell me product I do not need and can never afford.  Then click again and I get into my piano music to quiet my mind.

The music flows through me settling the feelings of butterflies fluttering throughout my stomach and nerve endings, calming the panic my mind tends to experience from time to time.  The warmth of each fluid note sings a melody that fills my heart, feeds my life force and finally gives way to acceptance to relax my quivering body.  Its peaceful here, I wish I could stay here everyday.  To not have to deal with life’s intrusion but being able to create my own images, just by closing my eyes and mind.  This action is my choice, not those of the invisible developers, marketers and corporate controllers of our internet.

Then the music ends and a “Luminosity” ad appears.  I look over to the right bar loaded yet again with more ads, I did not ask for.  What do I see below the next playlist link but “woman burned by McDonald’s hot coffee”.  Now what does that have to do with my search for quiet piano music?  How does that even happen when there is absolutely nothing remotely connective with my search and that information?  What are they trying to gain by this unrelated and unwanted negative information?

Oh well, a question for another day.  Its 7 am I’ve been awake all night and the sun is peeking through the clouds.  It’s now time to open my eyes, my mind and my body and receive the musical notes of the day. Filled with beautiful earth tones and life being lived.   All too soon, I’ll be back on that highway of controlled music with unwanted information and indoctrination at its best.

See you next trip.

Side-note:  Indoctrination  Merriam-Webster description “to teach (someone) to fully accept the ideas, opinions, and beliefs of a particular group and to not consider other ideas, opinions, and beliefs.”