(#5583) Music still dominates my soul

      It isn't just music per se that fills my soul with life and happiness it is very good music. I suppose that is all relative to how one perceives the sounds that vibrate within them. For me I have been listening to Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel for the last several days off and on and it is just amazing to me how much it reminds me of the best of who I want to be. The emotion that this song evokes within me is truly deep and fulfilling. I cannot overestimate how perfectly timed some music is with my soul. Not just this song but others as well.
     For one thing the energy and concepts of certain lyrics instill in me a more imaginative life as well the memories that come along with them is always something worthy of remembering. If I had to choose which causes me the greatest joy from music for me it would be the memories. I remember the first time I had heard certain songs of magical creation and the inspiration they surrounded me with. The feelings are the hardest part of remembering with me in ordinary circumstances but not when music is part of the remembering. For some reason music has a way of keeping those emotions alive in me that other memories fail more than succeed.
     I cannot imagine how my life would have been lived had not music been a part of it. I can see why others who attract to the arts have such passion and yearning. For me it is music but others find that with painting, sculpting, writing, creating all sorts of other forms of enjoyment that have expression to almost a perfect pitch. The beauty of things lies in their emotion. I always have to dig deep within an expression to find the majesty of it. I hear this song of love by Simon and Garfunkel and witness the simplicity of their masterful complexity. Surely as time will continue so will I and by next week I will have remembered another song that will fill me up like Bridge over Troubled Water has done this morning.