That’s a lovely song, if you close your eyes to listen to it. That’s a horrible video. Animated gifs and flashing/blinking images are not conducive to anything but a headache and eyestrain. In this particular case, I think the styles conflict also.
I dislike the twitter feeds that are now featured on so many sites for the same reason. When trying to read static text next to anything animated, I get nauseous.
I’ve always preferred good headphones and a dimly lit room for listening to most music. Or, I want to hear and see it performed live. The exception is what I call “driving music” which is usually what’s played on classic rock stations. I would never listen to music like this while driving… too soothing.
Now that we are so close to moving back home– w/in two weeks and we’ll be there– i really get the 1/2acre message. Our farm is only 11 acres- we rent 120. This farm is 300 acres.
The moral of our story: sometimes less is more:0).
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Donna B. said,
March 3, 2010 at 2:44 am
That’s a lovely song, if you close your eyes to listen to it. That’s a horrible video. Animated gifs and flashing/blinking images are not conducive to anything but a headache and eyestrain. In this particular case, I think the styles conflict also.
I dislike the twitter feeds that are now featured on so many sites for the same reason. When trying to read static text next to anything animated, I get nauseous.
I’ve always preferred good headphones and a dimly lit room for listening to most music. Or, I want to hear and see it performed live. The exception is what I call “driving music” which is usually what’s played on classic rock stations. I would never listen to music like this while driving… too soothing.
Donna B. said,
March 3, 2010 at 2:45 am
Some classical music works well for driving too.
karen said,
March 4, 2010 at 10:44 am
Now that we are so close to moving back home– w/in two weeks and we’ll be there– i really get the 1/2acre message. Our farm is only 11 acres- we rent 120. This farm is 300 acres.
The moral of our story: sometimes less is more:0).
I love the music and the name, too.
Opining Online » But At Least It Doesn’t Sound Like It Looks said,
March 4, 2010 at 6:48 pm
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