The song Tabula Rasa addresses the belief of Sacred Machines that, while genetics and biology may contribute profound ‘predispositions’ toward certain behaviours and trajectories in developmental psychology, ‘nurture’ can still be a more powerful force than ‘nature.’ We owe it to our children to model a good life, a decent moral code, and the all-encompassing power of love.
TABULA RASA
(Carruthers/RE-VO) (1988)
You watch as a child goes by,
And you comfort them with your smile.
Then they look at you. They mime the moves you do.
They learn to live your style.
Sunrise shines through the window pane.
Simple eyes looking out, looking up
At a world that stares back at them.
Millions of faces guide them.
People will always be made from what they see.
Tabula Rasa.
This child now has his own child,
And watches them from the start.
The child is watching you, remembers all you say.
We hope we’ve done our part.
When they leave, are we there with them?
Powerful eyes looking down, looking through
The rain on that window pane.
What will the next child see?
People will always be made from what they see.
Tabula Rasa.
