Ode to Kafka – 6S

October 26, 2008 at 10:06 pm | In 6s, writing | 2 Comments
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An exoskeleton of scabs covered every inch of his body. As he lay exposed on the examination table, he again wished he was a crab that could shed his shell. Listening half-heartedly to the consultant promising miracles, the word charlatan floated into his vision. Synaesthesia was useful, he didn’t need drugs when the world was filled with words of every colour. Charlatan was blue with a ring of orange. He smiled to himself.

Healing power of music…

January 6, 2008 at 12:36 am | In music | 1 Comment
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billy1.jpgI am a big believer in the healing power of music. There is a lot of real science to back this theory up. Mine is just anecdotal and based on my experience. How can you feel bad when listening to the Best of my love (The Emotions) or the Simon & Garfunkle’s 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)?

But if you what to feel bad and wallow around in it for a while I am sure we all have music that takes us there. At the moment I can’t listen to Van Morrison because it reminds me of an affair of the heart that went wrong. A bit of a pity because Van Morrison has always been in my feel good playlist.

My life is punctuated by music – songs that remind me of particular people, times and places. I was at a friends place for dinner recently and he made an incredibly personal playlist for his partner’s birthday last year. I didn’t really notice it on the night but listening to again every song on the play list has meaning for both of them. It is a beautiful thing.

Although I am trying to practice simplicity, stillness and contentment in 2008… I don’t do stillness very well. I like filling spaces with music I love. I have eclectic musical tastes. Last night I spent a couple of hours on itunes looking at celebrity playlists. I was interested to see what music inspired this bunch of musos, artists and assorted others. The song lists I liked the best were Bob Sinclair (I already had most of the songs on his list), Russell Crow (yep I was surprised too) and Renee Geyer. Tonight I will have a listen to a couple of more. I need to have a look at the one put together by Elvis Costello.

I am interested in listening to new music as well as revisiting stuff I feel nostalgic for. If I am up late at night on the weekend I might flick Rage on and then if there is stuff I like go on to the ABC website and find the playlists for the night and get them off I tunes.

It’s fascinating to listen to sensory-challenged people talking about synaesthesia (being able to see, hear or taste sound). This is only happened to me a few times but I believe that music can trigger emotions that make you feel pain, love, joy, hope, happy, sad etc…

So if you want to feel uplifted today listen to this: Marvin Gaye singing What’s going on?

Peace out

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