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Today's
quotation:
Music isn't just a pleasure, a transient
satisfaction. It's a need, a deep hunger;
and when the music is right, it's joy. Love. A foretaste of heaven.
A comfort
in grief. Is it too much to think that perhaps God speaks to
us sometimes
through music? How, then, could I be so ungrateful as to
refuse the message?
Orson Scott Card
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Today's
Meditation:
I love music, but my relationship with music goes much
deeper than that. I've written several novels, and
when I do write, I need to have music playing, preferably
rather loudly. There's something about the rhythm of
the music that allows my thoughts to flow more strongly
and more easily, and even though when I'm deep in
concentration I don't consciously hear the music any more,
I know from experience that it still needs to be
playing. I've tried writing without music, and it's
always extremely difficult and frustrating.
Music is a special gift to human beings, but most of us
take it for granted. It can raise us up to heights
that we can't even imagine without music, making us feel
as if we were floating in space or looking down at the
world from a mountaintop. It can add to fear or
alleviate fear; it can make us feel good or make us feel
sad, depending on keys and chords and the notes that are
used and the order they're used in. Over the years
I've grown careful to listen to the music that cheers me,
that makes me feel positive and energetic and happy.
If I have that resource available to me, after all,
shouldn't I make use of it?
Music is a wonderful gift, and one that we're fortunate
enough to be able to access anywhere, any time. I
can't imagine what life was like when music could be heard
only at concerts or recitals, and only when someone was
playing and singing it live. It would have been
difficult for me, I think, to wait for the next
song. These days, I'm fortunate enough to not have
to wait.
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