The Wall and The Hammer - The song Hammer, by Alice Phoebe Lou, and the effort for a sound relationship
It seems as though it is the fate of human kind that, in the important process of individuation, walls be put around people, so as our bodies be protected from pain and annihilation. The very fact of being born causes us pain. No other animal is born crying — thus crying, for us, becomes a synonym for being alive. Notwithstanding, there is only so much pain that we can bear, and therefore we endeavor to create protections from the outside world — and in this we are separated from others — and become an I . From this point forward, everytime it is put to each one of us the decision between the I and the Them . It is as the saying goes: "rather them than me". This is the reason why Jesus Christ's sacrifice seems so unthinkable, but at the same time inspires so much gratitude. People think: he didn't care about his life — something I could never do — and, in fact, gave it up to save mine — he suffered in order that I ...