u eva watched the series 'touch'? enjoy some of the interesting monologues by matin bohm's kid jake...


Safety in Numbers [1.03]
Jake : [voiceover] There are 3 million species of animals living in tropical rainforest, and one of
them, the redfire ant, lives underground, under constant threat of annihilation from flash floods.
Nature doesn't care, if a species wants to survive, it has to prove it deserves to. When the floods
come, fireants hold on to each other, creating a living raft that could float untill the water recedes,
months if necessary. So how does the species figure something like that out? Instinct? Trial and
error? Was there one fireant that was being swept away by the rushing water, and grabbed on to
another ant, only to find that together, they could float? What if you were that one who knew what
needed to be done, but you had no words? How do you make the others understand? How do you
call for help?
Jake : [voiceover] Human beings are not the strongest species on the planet. We're not the fastest,
or maybe even the smartest. The one advantage we have is our ability to cooperate... to help each
other out. We recognize ourselves in each other, and are programmed for compassion, for heroism,
for love. And those things make us stronger, faster...and smarter. It's why we've survived. It's why
we even want to.


Kite Strings [1.04]
Jake : [voiceover] Human beings are hardwired with the impulse to share our ideas, and the desire
to know we've been heard. It's all a part of our need for community. That's why we're constantly
sending out signals and signs, and why we look for them from other people. We're always waiting
for messages- hoping for connection. And if we haven't received a message, that doesn't always
mean it hasn't been sent to us. Sometimes it means we haven't listened hard enough.
Jake : [voiceover] In spite of all our communication technology no invention is as effective as the
sound of the human voice. When we hear the human voice we instinctively want to listen in the
hopes of understanding it. Even when the speaker is searching for the right words to say, even
when all we hear is yelling, or crying or singing. That's because the human voice resonates
differently from anything else in the world. That's why we can hear a singers voice over a full
Orchestra. We will always hear the singer, no matter what else surrounds it.

Zone of Exclusion [1.08]
Jake : [voiceover] They say that the shortest path between two points is a straight line. But what
happens if that path gets blocked? When sediment impedes the flow of a river, it redirects, zigging
and zagging instead of following a straight course. What looks to the crow like meandering, is to
the water the most efficient route from source to outlet. Nature finds a detour. When two points
are destined to touch, but a direct connection is impossible, the universe will always find another
way.
Jake : [voiceover] If two points are destined to touch, the universe will always find a way to make
the connection. Even when all hope seems lost, certain ties cannot be broken. They define who we
are and who we can become. Across space, across time, along paths we cannot predict- nature
always finds a way.

Music of the Spheres [1.09]
Jake : [voiceover] The earth, as it rotates, emits a frequency - a musical note at 7.83 Hz, but this
frequency alters slightly from reasons as yet uncertain. Some postulates solar flares as its cause
or electrical disturbance in the atmosphere. But maybe there's a simpler explanation. Maybe the
sound of the planet is influenced by the 7B souls whirring around it. Each producing their own
music, adding their own harmony.
Jake : [voiceover] The chromatic scale consists of 12 tones arranged in time and sequence. These
12 simple tones create an infinite variety of music. Harmony and dissonance. Tension and
resolution. All can be described by the mathematical ratios between tones. If we could translate all
ratios into sound, we can hear the Music of the Spheres. A sound as immense, as powerful as the
universe itself. As quiet as a single stone. As beguiling as the human heart. For some, music
elevates the spirit to a place of transcendent beauty. Others simply hear the beauty in the numbers
themselves.