Music
“Music is the basis of understanding the fundamental interconnectedness of all things in the universe”
I believe it was the ancient Greeks who suggested that the stars move at such high speeds across the universe that they produce sounds similar to those produced by a guitar. Plato suggested that music plays an important role in our lives and listening to the ‘right music’ can benefit our ethos (our beliefs and personal ethics). However, Plato believed that there were specific sorts of music that can benefit you while other sorts can become the symptom of a corrupt mind.
The summer of 2012 was an interesting one. My teenage angst was at an all time high and I was looking for something to use to portray it. People do that. They feel a certain way and do things, pick up habits or indulge in activities that showcase their feelings. It might not come with a label, but if you look hard enough, you will see the signs. What I found was music. I found Kurt Cobain. Who was this lean blonde man with a deep pain in his voice that longed for something unattainable? He was Kurt Cobain. The first ever song I listened to was Polly. I was too childish to deconstruct the message behind the song at the time, I was very ill-equipped (intellectually) to understand what his words meant, but there was obscure attraction that kept me so deeply tied down. I downloaded the entire discography that day. I head every single Nirvana/Kurt Cobain song I could find and it changed me. When we look back, we can recall significant moments, and the moments that did not hold much value. But these moments, the ones that come to your mind must come for a reason. I believe that they are the moments that must have had a change or reaction within you or around you. I could sense the shift in perception, I could understand things in an entirely different way. A way which wasn’t the best for me at the time, now that I look back, but one which I feel was necessary. Lithium told me to keep calm in the face of obscurity. Something in the way gave me chills for the reasons I couldn’t comprehend, but the things I had hidden deep inside my subconscious. It was as if I knew how to react to the words I was listening to because I could relate to them but I could not understand them. Silver reminded me of my late grandmother whom I loved dearly. These songs, these words, the voice that was used to present these words, it was so painfully magnificent.
People come across a lot of music throughout their lives, however, each one seems to have a special bond with a particular artist or band. Each person has their own reasons for the intimacies they develop, these are, however, necessary. Music and Kurt Cobain are closely knitted to my heart and I will keep his words and his voice with me, wherever I go.
Thank you. Forever.

