Music is a wonderful inspiration
It is one of the only things in this world that makes me feel such emotion
that it’s almost a physical feeling
I know that all emotions affect the human body physically
But, music impacts me in a different way
When I’m listening to The Avett Brothers
I feel this wonderful and amazing pressure in between my chest and my stomach
The closest thing I could describe it as is a light inside me
I don’t know what I would do without music
It is simply pure magic
Magic that has the power to change moods
touch hearts
and even hurt people
Music is one of the only things all human beings have in common
Even if you’re one of those people who say they don’t like music
It lies within every person
I truly believe that music is born in us
Oct 6, 2012
Oct 6, 2012 at 9:29 PM UTC
I want to let my emotions fall onto a page just like I imagine someone who makes money at writing doing
I imagine they sit in front of their computers
just typing endlessly; as if the ideas just flow from their fingertips
without the slightest effort
I don’t know if that happens or not
I've never actually met a successful writer
But, I imagine that John Conolly didn't always have great ideas
I’m sure J. K. Rowling didn't just throw Harry Potter on to a page without using the backspace key on a few paragraphs
or hell, maybe even whole chapters
I know I have the capacity to write wonderful fiction
I just have to get over the fear of sounding stupid
I can fix that
I have great ideas
First things first, I need to learn when to stop
Oct 6, 2012
Oct 6, 2012 at 9:27 PM UTC
Sometimes I can become completely enamored with the work that can come from a man's hands
I see tantalizing architecture and beautiful, heart touching photographs
Every day I am exposed to the amazing things that we are all capable of
I am frequently overwhelmed at how much we as a human race can accomplish
Sadly the same hands that are used to create such beauty and hope are often capable of vile, awful things
The same hands that build bridges can just as easily burn them down
I’m not here to fix the world
And I know I’m not the first person to recognize these things about man kind
I can’t stand in front of a giant crowd of people and change the world
I can’t make the every one cooperate together like they were intended to do
I can be right and you can be wrong
We can argue forever and ever, but it won’t change anything
What I can do is on a different level
I can show every one that I come in contact with each day that I am one of the good guys
I can be one of the people who create art and gives people hope and happiness
I can make every person who I come in contact with leave a little better than they came
My hands can be the hands that create and not destroy
That is my choice
Oct 6, 2012
Oct 6, 2012 at 9:24 PM UTC