I went to the bridge that spans across McLaughlin Drive, between College Ten and Baskin Engineering for some reflective time. I went there to reflect on a class that I took this quarter, a class about Marxism. As I sat under the bridge and relfected on all the different hings I had learned in the class and all the ways I had changed as a person since taking the class, I decided to take some pictures of the things I saw there. Some of the things I saw under the bridge reminded me some of the things I heard about in class. Some of the things I saw reminded me of some of the people in my class. So I am posting them here for you all to see. This is my journey under the bridge.
The movie ran through me
The glamour subdue me
The tabloid untie me
I'm empty please fill me
Mister anchor assure me
That Baghdad is burning
Your voice it is so soothing
That cunning mantra of killing
- Rage Against the Machine
they say
i've never seen
suffering, major times of struggle
they say
the murderer
trapped us here from one to seven
they say
it's gotta be
right for you and left for no one
they say
it's all about what
they say
- theSTART
Life is a waterfall,
We're one in the river,
And one again after the fall.
Swimming through the void
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all?
- System of a Down
Yo I'm strictly about skills and dope lyrical coastin
Relying on talent, not marketing and promotion
If a dope lyrical flow is a must
You gots to go with a name you can quickly trust
I'm not sayin I'm number one, uhh I'm sorry, I lied
I'm number one, two, three, four and five
- KRS-One
Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
- John Lennon
You're such an inspiration for the ways
That I'll never ever choose to be
Oh so many ways for me to show you
How the savior has abandoned you
Fuck your God
Your Lord and your Christ
He did this
Took all you had and
Left you this way
Still you pray, you never stray
Never taste of the fruit
You never thought to question why
- A Perfect Circle
cant wait to fall asleep
i'll never truly call this living
i think that life's the only game nobody ever
seems to win
you hold yourself
above the highest
and the center of my head
- Strata
Paint the streets in white!
Death is the standard
Breach for a complex prize!
I think it's sweet of you
And your parents are proud...
But I would expect it from anyone
Now to protect life's indigenous sound!
- Deftones
You keep your riches and I'll sew my stitches,
you can't make me think like you, mundane.
I've got a message for all those who think that
they can etch his words inside my brain
T.V., what do I need?
Tell me who to believe!
- Incubus
When I date back I recall a man off the family tree
My right hand Poppa Doc I see
Took me from a boy to a man so I always had a father
When my biological didn't bother
Taking care of this so who am I to bicker
Not a bad ticker but I'm clocking pop's liver
But you can never say that his life is through
5 kids at 21 believe he got a right too
- Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Concrete jungle
Man you got to do your best. Wo-ooh, yeah.
No chains around my feet,
But I'm not free, oh-ooh!
I know I am bound here in captivity
- Bob Marley
Feel it in my sleep
Some times it feels like I'll never go pass again
Some times it feels like I'm stuck forever and ever
When I'm going higher
- Goapele
I don't feel the way I've ever felt.
I know.
I'm gonna smile and not get worried.
I try but it shows.
Anyone can make what I have built.
And better now
Anyone can find the same white pills.
It takes my pain away.
- Jimmy Eat World
Babble babble bitch bitch
Rebel rebel party party
Sex sex sex and don't forget the "violence"
Blah blah blah got your lovey-dovey sad-and-lonely
Stick your STUPID SLOGAN in:
Everybody sing along.
- Marilyn Manson
Don't waste your touch, you won't feel anything
Or were you sent to save me?
I've thought too much, you won't find anything...
Worthy of redeeming
- A.F.I.
Contrary to the matter
Who you are, you are not
Come with me, I’ll show you Saturn
Planets don’t quite align
You should try not to be so courageous
- Alien Ant Farm
Oh it’s opening time
Down on fascination street
So let’s cut the conversation
And get out for a bit
Because I feel it all fading and paling
And I’m begging to drag you down with me
To kick the last nail in
Yeah I like you in that like I like you to scream
- The Cure
The above selections were excerpts from songs that I was listening to during my reflection process. While they don't correlate to any specific pictures shown here, they all had an important role in my self debriefing.
