I’ve talked before about this random French cartoon, Minuscule. Sefton was watching it again this week in the living room while I was making espresso in the kitchen. Here’s where the randomness comes in. Wait for it…
I’ve been working on a session for an upcoming retreat I call, ‘Creating Your Legacy.’ One of the questions we’ll talk about is around this concept of what’s the thing for which each of the folks wants to be remembered. Umm, so what does that have to do with French bugs? Admittedly, nothing really. Except I caught the soundtrack of whichever short episode S was watching. It was Bach’s Prelude in C-major.
Here’s the randomness: Talk about legacy, about being remembered.
In 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2 into space. Onboard was a time-capsule of sorts, a snapshot of human legacy, in the form of a Golden Record. Images of nearly everything imaginable, sounds from all around the world, greetings in just about every language on earth. Music. Particularly, Bach’s C-major prelude as performed by Glenn Gould.
Hearing it also reminded me about one of my favorite two-minutes of film. The final short film* in the movie 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould. You’ve probably heard Bach's prelude before. There’s a reason it’s considered a piece of our shared legacy. If you haven’t, you might enjoy it.
* If you only click one link, that’s the one to click…
