The sun sets on another day…
It was a subdued sunset, the sky was bright but the clouds were starting to come in and take the light away. I walked outside while listening to a band play and took this picture and smiled as I watched the sky shift in hews and build beauty.
Sometimes all it takes is a single note to open your mind. Sometimes all it takes is a single note to open your heart. Sometimes all it takes is a single note.
As I listened to music tonight and the melodic machinations of a band I never knew I’ve watched people get lost in the music. Of course there are better bands and worse bands, and I wasn’t really thinking about either. Instead I was thinking about how music opens our hearts and opens our minds.
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, isn’t beauty also in the ear of the listener? We focus so much on what we see that sometimes we forget that we have many senses, and those senses help us align with who we are and with the world.
Tonight I watched people dance and laugh. I watched them interact. I had some really bad whiskey. I think I’ve become a whiskey snob. Oops, off topic. I watched people enjoy themselves without regard to the world, because of a few notes and a lot of people. In the end it was a wonderful night and perhaps, just perhaps, the world was a better place because of it.
Do you like music? Do you get lost in the sound? Sometimes that’s all it takes. Maybe we just need to enjoy the moments and not stop dancing to the music.
So as the sun sets on another day, I like music. I like all kinds of music all the time. I’m not sure why but somewhere in the middle I get lost in the notes and feel more than I can imagine. Turn on the radio, hit the play button on your phone, or just enjoy a band and get lost with me. Somewhere in the middle we will all find our way, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and play that funky music…