Flowering: Don't Forget Why You Do This
There has been so much noise since the mid-2010s and I’m not talking about sound. Constant, ceaseless, inescapable. It’s been building for over a decade now. And it’s only going to continue in more insipid ways. It burrows its way into every facet of our lives. And there’s a not-so-insignificant part of us that lets it in. Not merely because it is impossible to stop, but because part of us enjoys the validation of being “right” about the misery. If it is going to be everywhere and for every reason, we might as well listen and rebuke. It’s not exactly well articulated, and you know you’re right, but you can never win. It will drown you out every time. But it is possible to fight back against it. Stop. In fact, letting it “win the argument” whatever that may look like could introduce you to the most satisfying feelings you’ve ever experienced. Standing down never felt so good, and looked so alive. Akdong Musician (known as AKMU for short) are a Korean folk-duo whose works I have written ...
