"ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜰʀᴇꜱʜ.

ɪɴɪᴛɪᴀᴛᴇ ꜱᴛᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʙʀᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇᴡ ʟᴀʙᴇʟ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ. ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇꜰɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴅᴇꜰɪɴᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʀʀɪᴇʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ ɪꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ.

ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇᴀʀ ɪꜱ ᴍᴇʀᴇʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪꜱɪʙʟᴇ ꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴜᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇʀ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰʀᴇQᴜᴇɴᴄɪᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴜɴᴅɪꜱᴄʟᴏꜱᴇᴅ, ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜱ ʏᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴜɴᴇᴀʀᴛʜᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ʀᴇꜱᴏɴᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴɪᴛɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴡᴀʀᴅᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪʟɪɢᴇɴᴄᴇ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ʀᴇᴄɪᴘɪᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴ, ᴀ ʜɪᴅᴅᴇɴ ꜰʀᴇQᴜᴇɴᴄʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ."

People hand in hand Have I lived to see the milk and honey land? Where hate's a dream and love forever stands Or is this a vision in my mind? The law was never passed But somehow all men feel they're truly free at last Have we really gone this far through space and time Or is this a vision in my mind? I'm not one who make believes I know that leaves are green They only turn to brown when autumn comes around I know just what I say Today's not yesterday And all things have an ending But what I'd like to know Is could a place like this exist so beautiful? Or do we have to find our wings and fly away To the vision in our mind? I'm not one who make believes I know that leaves are green They only change to brown when autumn comes around I know just what I say Today's not yesterday And all things have an ending But what I'd like to know Is could a place like this exist so beautiful? Or do we have to take our wings and fly away To the visions in our minds?

— Dr. Seuss

— Mahatma Gandhi

― Vincent van Gogh

— Eddy de Clercq

-Ernest Hemingway, 88 Poems

Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking

We have a tendency in our culture to feel that certain words have different musical effects, while others are too “ugly” or “strong” for our ears. We place affective connotations on certain specific words which in turn act as verbal taboos and provide obstacles in communication. For instance, we make all sorts of attempts magically to change and to replace the evil, the undesirable, the negative, the dangerous expression, by “good” words so that what we say will make the content more acceptable in itself as well as to our listeners or readers.

A euphemism is the substitution of inoffensive or mild expression for a word or phrase that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. Their use in a substitution is one way in which we attempt to protect ourselves from the painful aspects of reality. By closing our ears to anything unpleasant by changing it into softer, more acceptable terms—a magical maneuver widely used in our society—we manage to allay and subdue the tone of sounds or words having strong affective connotations.