Wednesday, June 24, 2009

CAVE MAN MUSIC...

SOONER OR LATER WHILE BANGING ON LOGS AND JUMPING AROUND A CAMP FIRE...SOME CAVE PERSON GOT THE ODD NOTION OF BLOWING INTO A HOLLOW REED...

THUS I ASSUME... DID EARLY HUMANS INVENT MUSIC...AND AN ENTIRE SECTION OF A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA...

BUT HONESTLY...I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OFFENDED BY THE NOTION THAT EARLY MAN WAS A LUMBERING LOUT... ALL THUMBS AND STUMBLING AROUND DAZED AND CONFUSED... LIKE A PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT... (SEE ANY "CAVE MAN" MOVIE FOR PROOF OF THIS)

I SENSE THAT EARLY MAN WAS JUST AS KEENLY AWARE OF HIS SURROUNDINGS AS WE ARE TODAY... PHYSICALLY ADEPT...COORDINATED...AND CURIOUS ABOUT NEW THINGS...

EARLY MAN JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE CHINESE TO MAKE THINGS FOR HIM...LIKE WE DO.