Tuesday, January 23, 2007
m u s i c = h a p p i n e s s
Whether its popping the little black circles into my awaiting eardrums, sending the silver disk spinning faster than the eye can see, or watching the tiny needle make gentle contact with the black surface of the vinyl, the music pulses through me . Not just my ears. The sound waves pass through my ears as vessels into my mind. A soft melody can weave its way into my heart as the words and tune entangle together, or a heavy beat, with the volume turned just a little too high can throw aside, if only for a second, the concept of pitch and tune, as I sing as loud as my throught will allow.
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6 comments:
Beth,
I really love your description of music. I have to say that I am sort of like that, I really like to listen to just about anything, save rap, becaue I love just to sing. You can get so caught up in everything, the notes, the lyrics, that you just forget whereever you are. It's wonderful.
I like how you talk about ALL types of music too. That's cool, no descrimination.
Loved it
Kit
Bäith,
I liked when you said you were sending the silver disk faster than the eye could see, it captured what a spinning disk looks like perfectly!I also have (and sometimes use) a walkmen so yay! It'd be funny if the needle made hard contact with the vinyl, it'd be all like VREEEEFFEFEFREEERRFEEEEEE and that wouldn't be good.
This was awesome Bäith!
(Laura von Mitchell)
Beth, I really like your description of music. It reminds me of flying for some reason. Haha I agree with kit's comment about how non descriminative about music. "props" to your descriptive paragraph!
-Chris
Well, I must concur with everyone else on this thread. It is quite an impressive piece. Words like "weave" "pulses," and "vessels," are effective in communicating how music seems to flow through a person. It is quite stark in what it is communicating, but it is done with subtlety. When you say, in your comment to me, that it could be more descriptive, I have to say that I disagree. It does not have the overuse of metaphors or adjectives that you sometimes see in student writing; usually due to overzealous teachers try to make a point...
Mr. J
Beth,
OK, so I already posted on this one, but I think that last time I must ahve read it really hurridly, because I think that I missed the best line about the ears being a channel to the heart, which I think is a really great little metaphor (?). I read it much more slowly this time and think that it is better than I last gave it credit for. REALLY nice job.
Kit
I, too would have to agree with everybody else. This was a great piece. The line that i liked most was "...the music pulses through me. Not just my ears. The sound waves pass through my ears as vessels into my mind." I really liked this, it gives me a picture of music in little cars (not sure why cars) going into your mind.
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