at the beginning of today's lullabies I want to tell you a true story from my immediate surroundings.
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A boy fell madly in love with a girl who was admired by other classmates. He gathered all his courage and started courting her. The young lady laughed at him in front of everyone and continued to ignore him. But she was his whole life. He still had her image in his mind and his heart was bursting not only with pain but also with jealousy.
Here it feels like I'm describing Thom's reason for writing the Creep (Radiohead) song...
Well, this story continued...
The boy withdrew and for a few weeks did nothing but stand outside her window in the shade of a huge tree in her garden and watch his goddess whenever she was in her room.
I'm not going to stretch you any further. The girl's father called the police and accused the boy of obscenity. The young man could not bear the huge misunderstanding of his expressions of love and one night hanged himself from that huge tree in her garden exactly so that he was looking into her window at the moment of his death.⚡๐
๐◾โ๐๐ธโ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ธ๐น๐๐ผ๐ - ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐.◾๐
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
๐ถ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐น๐ถ
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๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ
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๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐จ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐.๐
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(๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐, ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ผ๐๐๐๐, ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ธ000)
My opening story is just one of many. Every time I listen to this lullaby, I get a sense of the fatal act that cannot be undone. What I mean by this is that not every time a person accused of voyeurism is directly affected by this deviation. Sometimes human misunderstanding and condemnation results in a deeper chasm in humanity than we would expect.
๐น๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด?
๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ? ๐๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ? ๐น
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At the beginning of this special term for the voyeur is a very old legend about Lady Godiva of Coventry, which has several versions. One of them states that her husband, Earl Leofric of Mercia, imposed an oppressive tax on the citizens.
Lady Godiva begged him to end the suffering of the people. But Leofric had a condition - he insisted that Godiva must ride naked - covered only in her long hair - through the city on horseback.
Before beginning this quest to help Coventry, Lady Godiva told everyone to stay indoors and shut their windows to preserve her modesty. She then rode through the streets, her long hair draped so that it covered almost her whole body, allowing only her legs and eyes to remain visible.
The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend, in which a tailor named Thomas watched her ride and was struck blind or killed for it.
Lady Godiva really lived and was married to her husband Leofric in the 11th century. However, the truth of the legend is denied by the fact that, according to historical sources, this noble married couple was known for their charity in favor of the church.
This means that many versions of this legend arose over the next several hundred years as a folkloric tradition associated with the annual fairs in the locality of Coventry.
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๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ท๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ... ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ... ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ.
๐น๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ '๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐'
⭐๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐?
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป: "I wanted people listening to his songs to feel the emotions of the peeping Tom. I guess I'm trying to bring a human side to what people consider to be something quite perverse but it's interesting that these days we live in a culture where CCTV is very present. There are cameras everywhere. We're obsessed with each other's lives. There are even shows like Big Brother where we watch other people's lives."
(๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ , ๐ธ000)
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⭐๐ฌ “I then began to ponder the countless ways in which our privacy has been eroded and stolen since the introduction of worldwide CCTV cameras that now employ racist facial recognition technologies; the rise of the internet and the cellphone, which has turned practically every user into a paparazzo and spectators in their own lives, and how we have mostly all offered up personal information to enormous multinationals whose sole intent is to exploit us,”
(๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ด, ๐ฝ๐๐' ๐ธ0๐ธ๐ท)
⭐๐ฌ “We sleepwalk through the city, unaware of the fact that you can be followed from your doorstep to your destination. I thought to myself, ‘If good neighbours of mine can do this, then what else is going on?’ It’s just a microscopic version of what’s happening everywhere.”
(๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ, ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ท๐๐ ๐ธ0๐ธ๐ธ)
Honestly - I stopped accepting this senseless human behavior a long time ago and that's why I live in the mountains, where I have the opportunity to think more about everything that is really important.
And no wonder Brian is increasingly asserting his dislike of cell phones at his concerts for the sake of his mental health, even having to move into the unknown because of snoopers around him.
๐๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ - let's try to perceive Brian's insistence with our hearts rather than with our egos. Let's try to imagine that this man is communicating with us through his talent and his work, in which he has put his heart, and therefore he welcomes our feedback, he wants to feel our hearts, our joy, our tears, our understanding.
It's about the energy that you're sending back towards the stage in that moment.
๐๐๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ that through the screen of mobile phones, in which we fix our eyes, the pure momentary euphoria that every musician feeds on does not reach him.
๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ for just a moment the uncomfortable feeling of spending every day in front of cell phones recording your every move and step and then your every gesture and word is posted on the internet, then you are well on your way to respecting Brian's decision.
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