BDBopper
04-08-2008, 07:43 PM
Yesterday I was lucky enough to see the movie August rush. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it. The story is witty, charming, and heart warming! Okay so what does that have anything to do with anything? Well please allow me to elucidate (one of several words I learned through Disney BTW).
Without the blessing of smell or much sight my ears are a major way I take in the world. With that music is very special to me. I've enjoyed it ever since I was a little boy. It was very rare for me to be in my room without a radio or a tape playing. My love of music even went along with me when I was watching...er...listening to Television - I would turn channels to a particular show just to listen to its theme if I liked it. Everybody is guilty of fidgeting when they are bored but I found something to tap on a desk. I did not just listen to music...I actively participated. Whether it was rapping on a desk with a pen, tapping my toes, or beating the floor. Oh yes and don't forget singing - I'd be able to learn a song by heart in a few listens.
Music is very special to me and it may be to you without even knowing it. close your eyes and think of a memory. Is it watching the Main Street Electrical Parade before it glowed away from Disneyland? A first kiss? Your wedding? I could go on and on. I challenge you to find one memory in which music did not play a part. Through joy and pain, laughter and tears, jubilation or heartbreak music is there! Music stirs our emotions, takes us back to a bygone year of our childhood, consoles us when we are down in the dumps, ect. Music is truly the soundtrack of our lives!
Not only that but music is the only true International language. Music transcends race, color, creed, nationality, religion, and International border. When a classic song plays we lay down our differences, hold hands, and sing along as one. Music brings us together as one people, for just one moment in harmony!
But are we really listening? It is very easy to ignore music that is all around us every day. After seeing August Rush this became evident to me. I walked outside and took a walk and noticed things I have never really paid too much attention to on a usual walk - the singing of birds, the wind rustling through the blooming trees, the car driving past down the street, dogs barking, etc We owe it to ourselves every so often to take a casual stroll outside in silence to just take in all that we have been blessed with. It's truly music to my ears! How about yours?
Without the blessing of smell or much sight my ears are a major way I take in the world. With that music is very special to me. I've enjoyed it ever since I was a little boy. It was very rare for me to be in my room without a radio or a tape playing. My love of music even went along with me when I was watching...er...listening to Television - I would turn channels to a particular show just to listen to its theme if I liked it. Everybody is guilty of fidgeting when they are bored but I found something to tap on a desk. I did not just listen to music...I actively participated. Whether it was rapping on a desk with a pen, tapping my toes, or beating the floor. Oh yes and don't forget singing - I'd be able to learn a song by heart in a few listens.
Music is very special to me and it may be to you without even knowing it. close your eyes and think of a memory. Is it watching the Main Street Electrical Parade before it glowed away from Disneyland? A first kiss? Your wedding? I could go on and on. I challenge you to find one memory in which music did not play a part. Through joy and pain, laughter and tears, jubilation or heartbreak music is there! Music stirs our emotions, takes us back to a bygone year of our childhood, consoles us when we are down in the dumps, ect. Music is truly the soundtrack of our lives!
Not only that but music is the only true International language. Music transcends race, color, creed, nationality, religion, and International border. When a classic song plays we lay down our differences, hold hands, and sing along as one. Music brings us together as one people, for just one moment in harmony!
But are we really listening? It is very easy to ignore music that is all around us every day. After seeing August Rush this became evident to me. I walked outside and took a walk and noticed things I have never really paid too much attention to on a usual walk - the singing of birds, the wind rustling through the blooming trees, the car driving past down the street, dogs barking, etc We owe it to ourselves every so often to take a casual stroll outside in silence to just take in all that we have been blessed with. It's truly music to my ears! How about yours?