Global Trickster

I have never been sure if Men have souls, and will wonder or question this until I find out the hard way. But I cannot deny the effect that some music has over me. There is some music that rips away reality and leaves me in a void of resonating sound, where each note seems to actually strike me. Ludwig Van’s Moonlight Sonata is one such song.

So far, I have not come across another song that seems to embody pain and sadness better. I have not always felt this way about this, or even other, music. As a younger man, I had heard this song and others, but never felt them. I think there is a rationale behind this. I believe that some music can only be felt once you have experienced the innate emotion attached to the notes. As a teen, I had experienced tragedy, but mostly blocked its lessons away, trapped the pain so as not to experience it fully. But as I grew older, I started to understand the necessity and inevitability of life’s pleasures and pains. I feel that it is only from accepting this, learning from it, that I can now listen and appreciate the works of those geniuses who could translate life’s experiences into words or music. And their work is so very necessary, as it shows us that no matter what happens, we are not alone.

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