TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING
Yes, it is from Bob Dylan's song, which in my opinion is one of the greatest and most meaningful songs ever written. It makes me see things and problems as ephemeral:
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
In January, a documentary about the creation of Greenpeace was released. Just by watching the trailer I felt a tickling in my nose, which is how my body reacts to something I find extremely exciting. When I finished watching the documentary "How to change the world" I realised my attitude of conformation is wrong; there has never been a better time to save the world! You just have to have a concrete idea. What is known as Greenpeace today once was a bunch of hippies that hire a boat to protest against a nuclear weapon test. One of the creators coined the term in the beginning of the 70s as mind-bomb, "where an idea gets into the electronic media and just spreads like ripples on a water, instantly" (taken from the documentary). Today we call it to go viral. With the internet, anyone can go viral in just 2 seconds.
I believe this documentary is one of the greatest works of 2015 because it is entertaining and engaging and the same time is very educative, which is a rare combination nowadays. It produces feelings strong enough to make someone act, which I believe is also lacking nowadays. People are too confortable with the reality they are living. They need to ask themselves the question: What reality am I living?
Here is the trailer of "How to change the world":
Here is the trailer of "How to change the world":
