The other day I was giving a guitar lesson to one of my students, an 11 year old girl who doesn't seem to care much about her talent. Doesn't matter what I show her, she just plays it back right away flawlessly then moves on to the next thought. I think we were playing "Keep You" by Wild Belle.
"How many million are in a billion? One hundred? Or on thousand?" She asked.
"I suck at math, but I think one thousand, cause I hear people on TV say one hundred million."
"Oh. That's a lot of numbers. 7 Billion people on the planet. That's a lot of people."
Yes, it is...
"If they took one eyeball from each person, do you think they would all fit in this room?"
Um, no. Not even close.
"How many corpses do you think would fit in this room? 500?"
No, if someone really knew what they were doing, maybe 100.
"I think way more, probably at least 300"
I'll split the difference. 150?
"If everyone on Earth were a corpse, would we take up the entire Mediterranean?"
That's a good question. Perhaps, but I don't know......
All this with such a look of delight on her face. Not one bit of moroseness. I haven't seen the Great Wall of China, made a million dollars or had any success as an artist, but I did have this conversation and that kinda makes up for a lot of it. Children can be so naturally psychedelic. An adult would need drugs to come up with this, but a kid, not needed. And now I'm thinking about such matters....and I'm grateful.
Time to go write a song!
JB
"How many million are in a billion? One hundred? Or on thousand?" She asked.
"I suck at math, but I think one thousand, cause I hear people on TV say one hundred million."
"Oh. That's a lot of numbers. 7 Billion people on the planet. That's a lot of people."
Yes, it is...
"If they took one eyeball from each person, do you think they would all fit in this room?"
Um, no. Not even close.
"How many corpses do you think would fit in this room? 500?"
No, if someone really knew what they were doing, maybe 100.
"I think way more, probably at least 300"
I'll split the difference. 150?
"If everyone on Earth were a corpse, would we take up the entire Mediterranean?"
That's a good question. Perhaps, but I don't know......
All this with such a look of delight on her face. Not one bit of moroseness. I haven't seen the Great Wall of China, made a million dollars or had any success as an artist, but I did have this conversation and that kinda makes up for a lot of it. Children can be so naturally psychedelic. An adult would need drugs to come up with this, but a kid, not needed. And now I'm thinking about such matters....and I'm grateful.
Time to go write a song!
JB
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