Back in junior high when I discovered secular music on the radio, I went through a phase where the radio was pretty much all I listened to. When I was a freshman in high school, it was suggested to me by a bible study leader that I should be careful about the way that music effects me because it probably has a significant effect on your mood. I was resistant to that thought, but pondered it anyway and found that the types of songs I was unceasingly listening to (sad love songs) was having a negative effect on me.
From then on I tried to tone my listening indulgences down and focus more on uplifting and high energy Christian rock, alternative, and pop groups. However, I continued to enjoy and keep up with secular music. Sometimes the lyrics are disturbing to me so I avoid those songs but most of the time I enjoy all of my music immensely.
This summer, I have kind of put away my CD's, in a sense, because I've exhausted them for the time being and have not been spending money on updating my collection. In their place I have been listening almost exclusively to Air1. It's a Christian rock station that only comes in around my house and other select places across the US. I always miss it when I am away at school, so I've had all the stations around me programmed to it.
And even though I love Air1 and all my Christian music, I have noticed that my energy level this summer has been pretty low. Because I am an extrovert and have at least a tendency toward ADD, my energy level significantly decreases when I am alone unless I do something like play music. So I would crank up Air1 hoping that would boost me into productivity and I found this summer in particular that this attempt often failed.
And today, as I was flipping through the radio stations looking for a high energy song to pack to, it dawned on me that the effect music has on me probably has more to do with the energy level it inspires in me and not how secular or christian the lyrics are. I think it depends on how new the song is or what meaning it conveys to me as it is related to my life and my feelings. That may sound simple, but it is of great importance and significance to me as a realization, so that's my epiphany of the day... back to packing. :-D
P.S. Hurricane Katrina is really cramping my style because its getting in the way of my plane flight to Florida... :-P
5 comments:
Holy crap, look at this:
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/hurricanes_and_tropical_storms
Hurricane Katrina killed 2 people.
Don't go, Michal, don't go!
Don't die Michal. We love you.
Interesting how music can change your mood. For me, sometimes it changes the outlook on life.
I find that movies can change your mood/outlook too. As I was watching Bride & Prejudice I was in a happy-cheesey-yoga-peaceful mood...then I saw Four Brothers and I was in a hard-core-vengence-swearing like a sailor kind of mood. I still am, kind of (movies always stick with me 'till I see the next one).
Movies. I hadn't considered those but the same thing tends to happen to me too. TV too. Werd up.
lol! You guys are funny. Don't worry, my plane got delayed and I won't be flying in until Monday morning and by then Hurricane Katrina will be gone.
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