Music of the Spheres

Hopefully this won't give anyone too huge a headache- I always liked this particular design, as it comes from a wonderful little set of equations called the Mandelbrot set. I like the colors, too. But the colors have nothing to do with the actual equations- the thing in the middle that looks kind of like a little rotund man does. It's a non-linear equation, which, as you can see, produces infinitely repeating patterns. Non-linear mathematics has been a large step forwards in understanding the nature of the universe around us. The reason I mention this here (apart from the fact that I wrote it) is that I read an article about 'the hum'- it's a kind of noise that more and more people are hearing, but can't seem to quite put a source or name to. Interesting, I thought. I saw the article originally on Facebook, and followed the link. Turns out it's a somewhat mechanical noise, generally. Some people attribute its location to the sky, others to the earth, still others can't seem to pin it down at all. So what is it? Well, no one really knows. Yet it seems to be there. The Facebook link had a string of comments behind it, as most Facebook links will. These comments were surprisingly uniform, being variations on "I thought I was the only one who noticed that!" I also noticed this- I never really thought very much of it, though. In retrospect, I figured if something moves, it vibrates, and if it vibrates, it moves. Everything in the universe vibrates, at some frequency or another. So presumably it all makes noise- either we can't hear it, or it's within audible range and we generally just tune it out. But the odd thing is, more and more people are hearing and noticing it. Curious, I thought. Perhaps it is, as some people think, a sign of an expanding and opening consciousness among humanity. I like that explanation, and it seems to make as much sense as any other. I never really paid it that much mind, assuming of course we're talking about the same thing, just kind of took it as a matter of course- the sun rises, rain falls down, and there is a sound that is difficult to describe, but inevitably makes you think of moving parts, or a complex machine. And apparently I'm not the only person who noticed that. So does that make the people who can hear it unique or special? Well, probably not. Everyone is unique in their own way, with all manner of different talents. Some people can't read auras- I have a tough time doing it, too.
But at any rate. The next step in human evolution will probably not involve having Sarah Palin for President. Or any of the other winners that are being trotted out so far. I'm predicting it's going to be quite a bit like The Onion described it- "... a cross between the Wild West and 1984". Well, good luck fellow freedom fighters, and don't drink the Tenafly Viper!