Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Life-changing music

In class last week we were talking about the woman who left her family and her whole life after hearing the Gregorian chants. This left me wondering is there some music that has the ability to change my life? And if so why haven't I heard it yet? If music has such a power to make someone forget their whole life, then why isn't it common knowledge to the whole world? There's always been music that has given me goosebumps, but I'm usually finished with it two weeks later. I've gotten bored and moved onto something else. Then I got to wondering if this music exists, but it's my body and mind that doesn't have the ability to absorb it fully. Maybe my mind is so full of preconceptions and stereotypes that my ears can't hear the music for what it really is; I just hear another boring piece of music. So, what if these preconceptions and stereotypes didn't exist? Maybe my mind was just not developed to feel what music makes others feel. Maybe there are a select few that music can really get deep into their soul and change their whole thinking and outlook on life. So, the big question is whether it's the music that fails to move me or my mind that fails to absorb the music. How depressing it must be to be able to listen to life-changing music, yet your body won't let you react the way it's able to.

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