I started close to seven different blogs tonight. Often times, it is a strong emotion that will inspire my thoughts to form words far beyond my own abilities. Perhaps it's a means of escape as to not overwhelm my very being.
Another sleepless night left me alone to think. To ponder. I turned on the song that has won my heart this week: Jason Mraz's A Beautiful Mess. It has played on repeat for the past 27 hours.
It seems to me that my thoughts often become a broken record. Stuck on the same chord or phrase unable to progress. I get lost in my own reality that when left to my own devices can more than once become distorted, altered.
That is why I love music so much. It can pull me out of the haze, and make me feel once again, putting words to my emotions. It combines a beautiful thought with a beautiful sound. It evokes some of the strongest feelings within us, allowing us to connect as we search within the depths of the deepest, most frightening caves: ourselves.
There is something about the emotion displayed in music that moves me. "Tell me what I did," sings John Mayer in one of my favorite songs. Each time, it makes my heart ache, knowing and remembering the feeling of being at a total and utter loss because of a person I loved.
This as well as so many other brilliant pieces of art inspire me to keep living, keep striving, keep loving.
The words laced through the measures, movements and melodies of a song inspire and enlighten me. They fill my soul, they fill my mind.
I have always wished I had the talent of making music. Instead, I'll settle for the ability to describe how it affects my heart.
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