Aldous Huxley
I feel the truth of this statement as I ponder on the role music has taken in my life. Though I have never been a great musician, and never will be (!) I often have memories tied to music. When I cannot express an emotion, sometimes it is a piece of music that brings the emotion bubbling to the surface. I cannot help but be overcome with emotion when I hear Enya, as I can almost re-channel the pain of losing my mother. The music was a sound track to that part of my life. When I hear Cat Stevens I can re-visit the youthful joys experienced at Camp and the sadness felt on the last night when we watched the slideshow together with cabin mates. And amazingly, years later when working as a 27yr old at camp and watching a slide show set to "O very young" the emotional wash was powerful. I cannot communicate those feelings, yet the music can evoke them and is intense. When you share these moments and music with someone it is like your souls touch for a moment (my brother can probably vouch for this). I don't think anyone says it better than this...
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ... " Alfred Einstein
I HEAR YOU ALFRED!!! My life has a soundtrack. Past relationships a song. Joys their own score and sorrow their own tone. I often wonder if everyone experiences this. Can you imagine if we could plug into each person's soundtrack? Would it shock us, or reveal to us the truest sense of them? Would it give us perspective on where they were at a certain time in life?
One last quote....
