Time

Today, in a seemingly random event, I was reminded of this Pink Floyd song, and the few verses it opens with:

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day 

Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way 

Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town 

Waiting for someone or something to show you the way 

“ Time” – Pink Floyd 

I'm glad not only because it reminded how great a song it is, but also because these few lines are pretty deep, and I often find myself dealing with them.

Mahalo

The power of surprise

It's amazing how powerful surprises are, they can drastically affect the balance of any situation.
Case in point, check out this video from one of the thousands of TV talent shows: the painting is obscure and mysterious to the audience until the very end, and while it's a pretty impressive painting for being created in a minute and a half (and in those conditions), the public's reaction would have been much more tame if it wasn't for the final plot twist:

By further confusing the audience, the artist almost makes them give up, and accept a weak result: expectations have been tamed to the extreme.
And then: Voila'!
The excitement for being back in the world of wonder, after having given up hope, swings the needle all the way to the other end, well beyond the normal reaction to the painting itself.
This neat trick took his act from "oh, wow!" to a standing ovation... it's amazing how many shapes storytelling takes.

Mahalo