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penpusherThis is a little bit different and probably a little bit easier than the Day 20 challenge, if only because sadness isn't quite as specific as happiness. Or maybe it is, but maybe it doesn't require the specificity of happiness when it comes to song selection.
There are a lot of songs I might play when I'm sad. Some are songs that might cheer me up a little. Some would help me wallow in the emotion. It really depends on other factors, as is the case with this sort of thing. So, again, I'm just going to have to go for it and offer up something.
So, one of the things I'm noticing as I'm reaching what should be a more mature age is that I'm seeing things in a very different way than I used to as a younger person. The things that I thought were important then, even from when I started blogging online, have changed, in some ways drastically, from how I perceived them at that time. That's a positive, obviously, because that shows that maybe I've done some learning along with my living. But there is still some sadness about the loss of what it used to be. Orwell said "Ignorance Is Bliss" as one of the maxims from his totalitarian regime in Nineteen Eighty-Four. And, it actually is true! It's easy to be happier if you don't know what's going on. But it's also a way of giving control over to someone else, and that's only appropriate for a children to do to their parents, teachers or care givers.
And that thought is what has led me to the song. It's something that I relate to in a lot of ways, even though it is a female singer performing. It examines that loss of childhood, which is directly connected to the loss of innocence, that expectation of how life is "supposed to be" and what happens when it's not. And this connects to the elements of sadness but ultimately triumph. And we all could use that encouragement, at least some of the time. And may I say, this jam hits all the right notes, figuratively and literally.
My selection for Day 21 is Anita Baker - "Fairy Tales"
There are a lot of songs I might play when I'm sad. Some are songs that might cheer me up a little. Some would help me wallow in the emotion. It really depends on other factors, as is the case with this sort of thing. So, again, I'm just going to have to go for it and offer up something.
So, one of the things I'm noticing as I'm reaching what should be a more mature age is that I'm seeing things in a very different way than I used to as a younger person. The things that I thought were important then, even from when I started blogging online, have changed, in some ways drastically, from how I perceived them at that time. That's a positive, obviously, because that shows that maybe I've done some learning along with my living. But there is still some sadness about the loss of what it used to be. Orwell said "Ignorance Is Bliss" as one of the maxims from his totalitarian regime in Nineteen Eighty-Four. And, it actually is true! It's easy to be happier if you don't know what's going on. But it's also a way of giving control over to someone else, and that's only appropriate for a children to do to their parents, teachers or care givers.
And that thought is what has led me to the song. It's something that I relate to in a lot of ways, even though it is a female singer performing. It examines that loss of childhood, which is directly connected to the loss of innocence, that expectation of how life is "supposed to be" and what happens when it's not. And this connects to the elements of sadness but ultimately triumph. And we all could use that encouragement, at least some of the time. And may I say, this jam hits all the right notes, figuratively and literally.
My selection for Day 21 is Anita Baker - "Fairy Tales"