Sejin+Paik+-Colors+of+the+Wind


 * SEJIN'S TRANSCENDENTAL SONG: **

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You think I'm an ignorant savage And you've been so many places I guess it must be so But still I cannot see If the savage one is me How can there be so much that you don't know? You don't know ...

You think you own whatever land you land on The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim But I know every rock and tree and creature Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people Are the people who look and think like you But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger You'll learn things you never knew you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest Come taste the sunsweet berries of the Earth Come roll in all the riches all around you And for once, never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers The heron and the otter are my friends And we are all connected to each other In a circle, in a hoop that never ends

How high will the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

For whether we are white or copper skinned We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains We need to paint with all the colors of the wind

You can own the Earth and still All you'll own is Earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind


 * ANALYSIS **

Nature: This famous song from Disney’s Pocahontas comes from the scene with an Indian girl and a white man. The Indian girl, being Pocahontas, reveals to the white man the beauty of nature and what it has en stored for people. The lyrics in the beginning are questions asking how people are so ignorant of the nature around them. The song reveals to us that there is something deeper than what we see on the outside of nature. As the song gets deeper and deeper, it shows that nature is just as alive as humans are, and they have a force of connecting people to wonders and beauty we’ve never experienced before. In whole, the Pocahontas explains that by reaching out and exploring nature, we can truly understand the meaning of one’s lives and live more meaningfully than before. The most important line that repeats throughout the song is, “You can paint with all the colors of the wind.” This demonstrates that when people reach out to nature and use it the right way, anything is possible.

Nonconformity: In some ways, this song sends a message to people saying that they should appreciate the nature in a different level and take better care of it. The song, speaking directly to a white man, symbolizing the whites colonizing and taking away nature from Indians, tries to persuade them not to do so and understand the reasons why nature should be kept safe and untouched. The song goes against mankind breaking down the Earth and using it for selfish reasons.