I know I was born and I know that I'll die... _x000D_ The in between is mine._x000D_ I Am Mine
Eddie VedderRead
Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere Underneath my being is a road that disappeared Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead Overhead.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep connection to nature and a sense of freedom and timelessness.
In this quote, Eddie Vedder articulates a profound relationship with nature, highlighting the liberating effects of wind and the beauty found in the natural world. It conveys a sense of being intertwined with the environment, where even the trees seem to communicate the eternal presence of life and death, signifying a journey that transcends time.
In practice
During an outdoor motivational speech to inspire people to embrace nature.
I know I was born and I know that I'll die... _x000D_ The in between is mine._x000D_ I Am Mine
Things like guitars and ukuleles, you should never part with it, because there will probably be good, healthy times spent, just playing and writing.
Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough.
When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound.
I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer's paradise, a hunter's Valhalla, an escapist's Utopia. It is what you will, and it withstands all interpretations. It is the last vestige of a dead world or the cradle of a shiny new one. To a lot of people, as to myself, it is just 'home'. It is all these things but one thing - it is never dull.
From my experience with wild apples, I can understand that there may be reason for a savage's preferring many kinds of food which the civilized man rejects. The former has the palate of an outdoor man. It takes a savage or wild taste to appreciate a wild fruit.
Let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive.
The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.
Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
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