Absolutely Still and I Can’t Wait One Minute More

Better Than Ezra
Absolutely Still

A NEW way of looking at the universe and man’s place in it was urged upon the scientific world by Lawrence K. Frank, of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, New York, before the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Such a cultural new deal is needed to bring order into our society and personal lives.

Science News
Magazine Issue: Vol. 37 No. #1, January 6, 1940 ¹

We’ll begin with a spin
Traveling in the world of my creation

Willy Wonka
Pure Imagination

I try to stop the world from
moving so fast
Try to get a grip on where I’m at
And simplify this dizzy life
And put my feet in the grass

Jason Mraz
Back to the Earth

The world is spinning,
turning day to night
And my thoughts are running
at the speed of light

Four great problems that men at all times have had to face need new interpretation, in his opinion.

These are:

1. How the universe arose or was created, how it operates, who or what makes things happen and why.

2. Man’s origin, nature and destiny, his relation to the world, and whether he is a part of nature or outside it.

3. The relation of the individual to the group, who must be sacrificed for whom, the individual’s rights and obligations.

4. What man wants and what he should have, human nature, human conduct, human motives, how he should be educated and made a part of the community.

Science News
Magazine Issue: Vol. 37 No. #1, January 6, 1940 ²

Got an empty feeling that
I never want to fill…

Absolutely still

Twenty-five years and my life is still,
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope,
for a destination

4 Non Blondes
What’s Up?

There’s a key that opens the door
Will you find and turn it?

Take your time, don’t take too long…

There’s a map that’s washed ashore
Will you find it and burn it?

Capital Cities
One Minute More

Now the door’s locked
And I find that
The dizzy madness
Is bleeding through

Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see

Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody

Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
and I will try to fix you

Coldplay
Fix You

I waited longer ’cause I needed proof
That every door I shut is leading me to you

He said, “Son, when you grow up
Would you be the savior of the broken
The beaten and the damned?”

My Chemical Romance
Welcome to the Black Parade

Won’t you come and save me?

Alice in Chains
Man in the Box

Science has given new answers to all these problems in recent years but most of the people do not know them. And those who know, often do not feel them. For this reason, Mr. Frank considers the rebuilding of our culture the most insistent task before us.

‘The task of constructing a framework of concepts and beliefs to give order, meaning, and significance to life becomes ever more insistent,’ he said.

‘But it must be clearly recognized that this is essentially an artistic task…

Science News
Magazine Issue: Vol. 37 No. #1, January 6, 1940 ³

Unleash your imagination
Two stars one constellation
Bright lights just to guide the way
Can you see, what I see in you?

Capital Cities
One Minute More

There’s a room where the light
won’t find you
Holding hands while the walls
come tumbling down
When they do, I’ll be right behind you

Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants To Rule The World

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies. ⁴

Pablo Picasso

Just think of a destination
I’ll be your transportation
We’ll find there’s a kind of place
That can only be seen with the
naked mind

Capital Cities
One Minute More

References:

Cultural New Deal Urged to Bring Order – Science News – Magazine Issue: Vol. 37 No. #1, January 6, 1940

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The Arts. (1923). United States: Arts Publishing Corporation.

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