Music
Posted on April 1, 2008
Filed Under Ashley Wolpert |
There is something spiritual about music.
It is incredible how many songs I have memorized- and how every one of them reminds me of a time, place or person that has left their mark on my life.
Music moves me in a way that few other things do. As I write, I am listening to Ray Lamontagne’s album Trouble . My body is growing tense and hot. My Muscles are tightening and I feel my eyes embracing a slight burn. How is it that music evokes such emotion?
I believe it has to do with connection of the spirit. Each chord tells a story by its particular sound, and bears with it the theme of whatever or whomever it is it was assigned to. It connects us one to another. It doesn’t connect us physically or mentally. We can’t converse with that time in our life or that person that is not present, so there must be more to this connection. I believe it is that with this experience we, in small part, relive our joy or pain and therefore partake with every note in the common human experience.
This experience that music makes room for- it is universal. There is no silence. Since the creation of the world, nature has carried a rhythm that is woven into the fabric of man, one that touches the spirit’s core and unifies all people.
I cannot fathom what music will be like in heaven. I imagine it will be one of the most unifying, intimate experiences of community.
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these are the most beautiful words i have ever read about music. thinking so much for this gift of poetic embrace.
good thoughts. i too am in awe of music and its ability to move me. i would add that i’m not sure about the silence part. there is silence in music… rests… pauses… which is good. it gives one a chance to ‘breathe’. and i think that’s true with life. there’s a rhythm to it that allows for rests at times. the rest only enhances the music. thanks. jonathan
Wholeheartedly, I agree.
First of all Ray Lamontagne’s ‘Trouble’ ablum is in my top 5 favorite albums. He met high the expectations I have for music. I once heard that ‘Music is pictures painted on Silence’ and have loved that quote ever since. Music helps to fuel my days, it fills my head constantly and there’s always a lyric or two floating around in my thoughts. It’s absolutely indescribable the feelings evoked when a particular song will come on reminding me of when I was younger or even last summer. How it is that I connect with music on such a deep level is beyond me.
I agree that the music in heaven will be spectacular- my heart cannot fathom the contentment.
Awesome post, I will now quote it in my blog.
Beautifully written.
I’ve never thought about music in heaven- this strikes me as odd, music and Christianity being my fuel for life. Thanks for writing this and making my mind work in ways it hasn’t for a while.