Music is a soul thing for me. Nothing can grip me and fill me and make me feel at peace more than music. It's probably the fact that I likely listened to Boston at ear bleeding level while in-utero and most of my memories from childhood involve my mom's classical piano and Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas cassettes. In that order. When Matt and I fasted from media that included music. We fasted from things that distracted us and kept us from the things that we wanted to be pouring into. I realize, post-fast, that music is not a distraction. It is enough a part of my mental process that to put on some wicked sweet music and go through my bible and journal at the same time or to listen to some on a mellow walk is so calming.
I love how songs can become new as you encounter them at different times in life. Precious Declaration became something newly special when I met Matt. Stolen is transcendent in my mind since a very special little baby.
Last week, on my day off, I took my computer and hung out in Fernwood. According to everyone in Victoria, Fernwood is the coolest neighborhood in town, but it's funny because it's off the grid, tucked away in residential streets and it's not busy. At all. Anyways, it's totally awesome and it was a beautiful day so I took the scenic walk along all the Heritage houses. All the hippies were out, mmm-ing and sighing through their food and coffee, staring at the swaying hems of their clothing as they walk through the square. They hug everybody. And they talk to everybody. Which on one hand is totally awesome and not enough people are that open towards strangers anymore. And then there's this weirdness for me of 'I'm going to put in my headphones and I'm pretty sure you're going to keep talking to me. Hmm....". But this one guy harassed me with this band called These New Puritans. Arielle had just passed on a band Emancipator to me and I've just come across Ellie Goulding. And THEN I found, through a beautiful blog I love called Walk Slowly, Live Wildly, a group called Jesus Culture. I've been experiencing this resurgence towards worship music in my spirit after a long period of it seeming contrived and lacking meaning.
So it's been a great period of music. You always have those ol' standby's that you go to that you know you can groove to, mellow out to, cry to and such. But to find new music that speaks to you in a new language is so fun! John Butler Trio just came out with a new album that is so great!! I haven't been able to buy it yet but we rock out at work after closing to it. Caravan Palace makes me want to dance every time. Shiny Toy Guns always make me think of driving out to my grandparents two years ago. I still love Amy Winehouse. Plus my boss' name is Valerie and she is such a sweet, funky lady, it makes me think of her now.
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