![]() That is, there is in a human an impulse strong enough to overwhelm all that violent stuff - which is the impulse to stare transfixed in delight, swaying in the infinity of a fluid connection.Īnd it seems to me that without this impulse we would not have, among other things, music or at the least we would only have those forms of music that premodern theorists explain lead to martial valour and dying young and valuing The Economy over the household (that is, the economy) those forms that the enlightened modern states doubled down on and turned into anthems and jingles and other modes of substituting jacking-up for nourishing. They (largely adolescent and post-adolescent boys of all ages and genders) tell us about the human impulse to dominate, compete, maim they mention also, but do not really incorporate into their economic, political, and social models, the great human attraction to cuteness, which I'd like to dwell on here (and most places).Īpparently, this attraction keeps us from destroying our young, who are often unbearable in their behaviour but are also such squishes that we are strongly tempted to love, cherish, feed, stare, and make sounds at them. Recorded beautifully by Trevor Turple over two snowy days just on the Thornhill side of Steeles Ave ![]()
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