There are certain riffs in music that I never mind looping in my head. The bass line from Joker is one such. Now for a tangent.
I have to wonder how much of our minds are our own. Barring even the un- and sub-conscious, there are many examples of ways the mind defies what we consciously want it to do. Getting a song stuck in one's head, various mental illnesses, rash impulses, that whatever one cannot seem to stop thinking about. Now, true, the mind can be trained through various means - education, meditation, and so on - but the lack of attention often paid (or not, in this case) to a core factor of one's individuality is startling.
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So how much of our mind is our own, huh? Some may explain the un/subconscious ramblings as "the devil in the details;" those things which you do not want to do find your head and fill it with garbage- and before long its normal to accept the nonsense that feeds your head. Indoctrination seems preferable to losing your mind, so to speak.
Oooo.... cultural brainwashing! The influence (or lack thereof) upon one from one's environment has obviously long been under debate, beyond the nature/nurture binary opposition. Example: the still hotly debated issue of violence in video games and movies. What I wonder is if we aren't all too close to the situation to be able to see clearly what influences might be there.
I linked over from the One Minute Writer. I am enjoying your musings here.
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