It hit me for the first time that I don’t enjoy walks much. Those leisurely strolls don’t feel soothing or healing to me, unless paired with music. With music I love them.
Being able to move with the musical energy which is peculiar and particular to each and every task that I engage myself into, sometimes fast and testing the limits, like in a sprint, sometimes rhythmic and like a wave as in while doing yoga movements, sometimes slow with a “be here” element, like listening to the tunes and just gazing at things or closing eyes and feeling it. I am not into a particular band or singer per se. In the movies, instead of a song, cinematic background music is something that catches my attention.
While being at a restaurant, music is as important to me as the food and the interior of the place. The way coffee or tea or some other energy drink is to a person to go through the tasks, instrumental orchestra is such an energy beverage to me.
I like Instrumental orchestras and a mix of fast and sometimes slow music. I also like old countryside music. It depends on the task that I am trying to accomplish. While running, a fast moving orchestra provides me with that boost. The pace with which I run, increases or decreases as the rhythm of that music changes as if it is being played for that time of mine. I like to believe so because it gets me to the finish line of that day’s run no matter how it sounds.
While Reading, slow paced instrumental or country music or indie folk type. Right now when I am typing this, an indie folk acoustic list is being played in the background. By the way, I don’t pay attention to the lyrics while doing focus work. It is just part of my surroundings. I don’t particularly listen to it. The voice of the singer in the country playlist is like another instrument to me.
Music brings life to the things that feel like statues otherwise…even the concrete things seem to be telling stories with it being in the background.
In fact, everything, living and nonliving, seems like playing “Statues” with the music on/off in the ears.
While listening to music. I like to look at the combination of 3 things – some kind of brick or concrete structure (doesn’t matter if it is a proper erect building or an old broken wall), Trees and the way light gets thrown onto that structure through the branches of those trees. That light could be the sunlight or a bit of yellowish artificial light if it’s night. And the feeling That I have while looking at the combination of light and shade, I have not been able to give words to that yet…maybe to me, this combination is the symbol of strength (concrete), life (tree) and hope (light). These are my thoughts regarding my relationship with music. I wonder how many people feel this way.
