04. Snowflake
Ever since I saw this writing challenge and saw that the word snowflake was in it, I've almost had a song stuck in my head. Almost. That's the thing, it's like having a word stuck with super glue to the tip of your tongue, it won't go away but at the same time, it's super glued to your tongue so you can't quite tell what it is.
I'm sure it's going to drive me crazy for the next week, so if I spontaneously shout out 'OH IT'S THAT STUPID SONG' during the next week, no one should be surprised.
I think the thing I love most about music is that it makes you feel. Even if you're simply feeling aggravation because you've had Carly Rae Jepson or Justin Bieber stuck in your head all day, at least you're feeling something! It's one of the glorious parts of being human, the ability to feel. I've done my fair share (and probably exceeded my fair share) of trying to avoid feelings but I've realised that it's so much better if you embrace them. It's the same with books, I love reading books that take you to far off places, or even your own neighbourhood, and make you feel something and think about something you normally wouldn't. Also, even though it's a bit of a melancholy feeling, I love the feeling when you finish a book or a TV series. That emptiness, as though you've lost a friend or a significant part of you. I won't go so far as to say it's like losing a limb because I imagine losing a limb would be significantly more traumatic, but the loss is still one you can feel for days. (Can you tell I'm just about to finish a TV series? I'm feeling it already!)
Music, books, TV shows. Life overlaps in the most creative ways, it's rather amazing. I think a common denominator is that they all contain feelings of some sort. I don't want to get all mushy on you or anything, but it's a part of being human and I think that you'll miss the beauty of being alive if you try to altogether skip feelings and even avoid being mushy. I also believe that counts for the bad feelings.
I'm sure it's going to drive me crazy for the next week, so if I spontaneously shout out 'OH IT'S THAT STUPID SONG' during the next week, no one should be surprised.
I think the thing I love most about music is that it makes you feel. Even if you're simply feeling aggravation because you've had Carly Rae Jepson or Justin Bieber stuck in your head all day, at least you're feeling something! It's one of the glorious parts of being human, the ability to feel. I've done my fair share (and probably exceeded my fair share) of trying to avoid feelings but I've realised that it's so much better if you embrace them. It's the same with books, I love reading books that take you to far off places, or even your own neighbourhood, and make you feel something and think about something you normally wouldn't. Also, even though it's a bit of a melancholy feeling, I love the feeling when you finish a book or a TV series. That emptiness, as though you've lost a friend or a significant part of you. I won't go so far as to say it's like losing a limb because I imagine losing a limb would be significantly more traumatic, but the loss is still one you can feel for days. (Can you tell I'm just about to finish a TV series? I'm feeling it already!)
Music, books, TV shows. Life overlaps in the most creative ways, it's rather amazing. I think a common denominator is that they all contain feelings of some sort. I don't want to get all mushy on you or anything, but it's a part of being human and I think that you'll miss the beauty of being alive if you try to altogether skip feelings and even avoid being mushy. I also believe that counts for the bad feelings.
A lot of people look at me kind of strangely when I say I believe you can find beauty in almost anything, even sad things. There's beauty in tears, there's beauty in love - even if it's love for the deceased, there's beauty in camaraderie, there's beauty in sympathy flowers, there's beauty in the smell of a kitchen full of cooking that's been donated by friends.
I'm not trying to denigrate bad circumstances at all, because sometimes the reality is that things happen and to be blunt, they suck. I've just found that the way I cope with horrible circumstances is to take a look from a different angle. I know the pain is there and that's easy to acknowledge, but the pain is never the full picture, it's just the part of the picture that fills up most of your view so it's all that ever gets seen.
I'm beginning to ramble. Perhaps I shouldn't write when I'm tired.
I say that now, but I'll probably do it again!
This really didn't have anything to do with snowflakes in the end. Oh well!
This really didn't have anything to do with snowflakes in the end. Oh well!
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