The other day we were discussing the book “Blink” at work and I was thinking about the story of Kenna and how we create initial perceptions of things.

I checked out Kenna’s music on Amazon.com the other day to see if I liked his music. I really was not sure how I felt. I think maybe I have been biased from reading “Blink”.

But it made me think: whenever I purchase music, I always check out the sound samples online to determine whether or not I’ll like an album. But are 30 second sound samples of a song enough to REALLY know whether it is good or bad? You may only hear the verse or the chorus, but not both. You’re not experiencing the entire song with all of it’s dynamics and different parts.

So maybe that is sort of similar to the story in “Blink” about the people who heard one of Kenna’s song vs. seeing him perform live.