Sunday, September 7, 2014

Musical Inspiration

So, what triggered this post is actually the fact that I've been listening to the same song on repeat now for a couple of days. Thank the gods for headphones, or I think my family might have already slaughtered me by now without them.

While writing what I'm hoping will be an epic story (epic in my own mind due to simply the driving pressure from the characters in my story to get their lives told), I'm driven to epic music. More important than WHAT I'm listening to is the fact that I am. I haven't done any research about others being inspired while obsessively listening to a single song, but I'm fairly certain I can't be the only one.

Music is an incredible thing to me. It has a way, like math, to transcend language and pull at the soul. This is well known, written in history throughout time, quoted about (something about soothing savage beasts? :) ). I feel like it tells a story while I'm working to tell the story of my own that's inside me.

I think maybe that's why there's such a draw to good music while creating. Creating is a process that's telling the story of the muse or genius that is flowing through you, and is essentially expressing a story. The music is doing the same. It's as though you're walking a journey with another soul, walking the story telling path with company. It's inspirational and encouraging at the same time. Helps to make the lulls easier to work through.

Of course, my OCD mind probably likes the soothing repetition of the song on repeat, too. But I'm not 100% positive on that.

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