One without the other

Hi.

While reaching the end of an awesome lineup for the Kennedy Center Honors, the speaker for Led Zeppelin, Jack Black, spoke a witty line:

"[They say that they sold their souls to the devil, but that's ok]. For while you spend eternity in hell, we will be listening to your heavenly music till the end of time."

The thought that came to me was literally, considering the back and forth between God and the Devil who was fucking who? I mean, think about it, on the one hand you have devilish talent, that creates something heavenly (aka God fucking Devil). And on the other, you have heavenly music that's created by something devilish (aka Devil fucking God).

But the thought immediately following, is that are they really fucking each other? Or are they just fucking themselves? 'Cuz without that kind of great talent, you could never create such amazing music. And if the music wasn't considered so amazing, would people even consider the talent so great, that it could have only come from souls being sold to the devil?

It's like basically without one aspect or side, the other would never have gotten the credit in the first place. It's almost as if one could not exist without the other - that only when placed in such contrast does either shine - as if it is necessary for both heaven and hell to mingle to create bliss.

And then it leads me further: considering you wouldn't be able to stay in heaven if you made a contract with the devil, and heavenly music has no place in hell - you can see that the only place that is viable to combine the two aspects is on earth. Which makes you think, maybe paradise isn't necessarily in heaven, but here on earth.

Well, I'd say it's something to think about :P (And here's some of that awesome-ness to share ^_^).

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