The Salve of Music

[kokopelle]

I sometimes wonder about the sanity of the rational mind. The rational mind says, "because it is so!' Bizarrely, the rational mind bears the off springs of religious dogma, politics and moralities that spread across these landscapes. I know people are well meaning, mostly, but the embracing of the rational "because it is right" or "I am serving X" produces toxic bile and discontent. What is a person to do?

I find MUSIC to be my salve. I like songs with words, but sometimes they cross over to the rational "it should be X" realm. Songs without words are a divine expression. They transcend the rational and speak a language that shows the face of true beauty. Even songs with words are a blessing in that the writers often turn away the norms of the rational, speaking of the world in terms of what it is instead of what it should be. Musicians are divine rebels, and I love them dearly.

Comments

[pipisafoat]

recommended listening: modwheelmood. (sample song on youtube: Mhz)

also that (because of SGA and People On The Internet Being Awesome) I maybe fell in love with 30 Seconds to Mars last night and there was a video [youtube; Closer to the Edge official version] in which a person said, "Some people believe in God; I believe in music, y'know. Some people pray; I turn up the radio." and another person said, "Music makes the world go round. And for me, if it wasn't around right now, I wouldn't be around right now. Music is everything to me. That's all I can say."
(related lyrics: Can you imagine a time when the truth ran free? / The birth of a song, the death of a dream)

[kokopelle]

They sound interesting. I'll plug them into Pandora and see what comes out! One of my personal favorites right now... being a little over played perhaps, is "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons. I find it running through my head too often. I seem to always have some song running through my head when there is nothing else to distract me. The song is here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU) and here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybirL3EtMb8) on Youtube. Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix also did a cover of it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE2GCa-_nyU). Lindsey is a great classical (violin) cross-over musician who has done a lot of gaming/sci-fi covers. She is worth checking out too!