Loud or silent, on radio or live, I flow through the wind to your ears and reach for your heart. My powers cannot be undermined. For I, music, can make the impossible, possible.
I have the power to fuel your mind and trigger the creativity that is swathed beneath your consciousness. The creativity that further conceives the ability to discover and engender innovations. The greatest minds and thinkers, scientists and philosophers, like Einstein, Mozart, Frank Lloyd Wright and Plato among others, all had in common, the constant exploration of their imagination and vision through the eye of creativity. The creativity primarily driven by the forces I transpire.
Isn't it amazing how your life begins with me! But as we walk down the journey of life together, we establish a relation so strong that we become inseparable.
As babies, you are first exposed to music when your mother hums lullabies to you. As you grow and start going to school, the first thing you learn is the ABC rhyme along with the other nursery rhymes. And then from the rhythmic multiplication tables in Maths to the Periodic table in Chemistry. Ever wondered why you don't forget the things you learnt as songs or tunes in childhood no matter how old you get? It's because of the ease with which I settle in your mind so that your efforts to memorize the stuff are diminished, similar to the way you easily learn the lyrics of a song.
And when you enter the teenage, you see a different side of me. The pop culture takes a toll on your life in a way that deeply influences your thought process. Your taste in music develops and defines YOU. Your personal preferences make you different from others and yet, unites you with more people. The genre and the style you listen to, reflect your thoughts, your attitude, your lifestyle, the way you dress, think and speak. It's difficult not to get carried away by the herd and believing in your own choices, but once you supersede the norms (which you'll eventually realize are none), you come out as a much more confident You.
A Language That Requires No Words
New gadgets like the Dell Venue Tablet, instantly connect you to any part of the world and provide a platform for all my lovers. My vitality is evident when you regret forgetting the headphones at home when you set out for work.
Listening to the instruments challenges one to elucidate what one hears. In the same sense, playing an instrument gives you the ability to recite a story without words. Both require maximum right brain usage which not only exercises ones creativity but also one’s intellect.
Ergo, time and again it is said that I am the language of the Universe. It takes less than words to understand me. I transcend the boundaries of communication, cultures, religions and nations altogether, laid by the homo sapiens. There is nothing that can limit my boundless, fearless freedom.
In the daily grind of life, you often forget the sweet gifts that nature has to offer you. The chirping of birds, the whistling of wind, the rustling of leaves, the pouring of rain, the gushing of water streams and the silence of the valleys. I am Omnipresent. Yet camouflaged. I am not limited to your amplifiers or headphones. Go deep within yourself and you can listen to the song of peace.
Hymns, chants, prayers and devotional songs elevate transcendental meditation experience and uplift you to a world much higher, to connect with the Supreme cosmic energy. Not many know that the great saints of all times chose me to communicate with God. I am a medium not just between the creatures of the earth, but beyond too.
Like I said, one can NOT underestimate the power of my magic. I can whisk you away on an extended journey. I can make time feel frozen. I can make you travel in the past and relive memories in one moment and bring you back in the next!
I could take your anxiety, stress and depression away. Or flare your conscience and question your ethics. I can make you feel as light as a feather. Or put the weight of guilt on you as heavy as earth. No one could resolve the mystery behind these mind-games. And not only mind, your body responds to me as well. Go ask the experts!
As famously quoted by the great Bob Marley, "When music hits you, you don't feel pain". When you listen to a song, a symphony or an instrument, it immerses you in the ecstatic magic weaved by its producer, taking you into a different world altogether. The world that resides within you. That's how you Feel the Connect. The more I caress you, the deeper you dive into the ecstasy. Like a drug.
A celebration, a ceremony, a victory, a party or a journey. Could you imagine any of them without me? Not only I enchant the individuals, but I wangle people on social and cultural levels as well. With events like the recent FIFA World Cup, the entire world thumped on the theme songs. The world sung in unison, crossing the barriers of cultures, beliefs and nationalities.
Just like a sermon is silent without the speaker, my power to make a positive shift in the consciousness of mankind lies dormant without the messenger. There are artists, musical prophets, who have contributed beyond the entertainment value and popularity of their talent. They are no less than leaders having the potential to reach the ears, shift the minds, and open the hearts of people, influencing beyond time, race, class and physical boundaries.
I do not claim to solve the many grand challenges or the crisis the world may face but I could surely offer to reshape the future of humanity and rejuvenate the sense of togetherness to prepare you for the tough times. 'Cause I, like always, will be there to guide you through and light your way.
