Saturday, April 6, 2019

Question #13: What or who is the greatest love of your life?

Let's define love as according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Love: Option 1a(1): strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties Option 1a(2): attraction based on sexual desire Option 1a(3): affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests Option 2: warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion Option 3a: the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

Coming up with an answer to this question was like trying to come up with the answer to what drives me to do what I do, then it hit me. The greatest love of my life is music, it's the one thing I seem to rely on more readily than anything else in my life. I like the music that I like whether that be Kpop, country, rock, heavy metal, alternative, pop, classical, acapella, rap, hip hop, techno, steampunk, and basically anything else that catches my interest. I've utilized music in almost every part of my life and it's the one thing that seems to make me remember that yes I do have emotions and they're very integral in my motives in doing what I do.

My earliest memory that I can recall of music is going to church and singing in the choir with the other children as people would clap along to the music and sing with us. I loved it, I loved the happiness it brought me when I would be praised and have people looking at me, I loved the attention it gave me. It gave me a community of people to grow up with and I still get mail, even as an adult that is no longer active in the church community, about opportunities and activities that are happening and I am happy watching others enjoy what I had in the past. I now look for fulfillment through community involvement and trying to give others opportunities to grow rather than attending church and looking to have some higher entity do something that I can do myself. I respect those with religion in their lives and hope to support them through other means.

Some of my other early memories consist of music classes in elementary school where we would be able to put on concerts for our families and perform. Performing has been a part of my life since very early on and I hope to get back into the performing arts in some capacity as I move on in my life, even if it's just karaoke at a local bar or making YouTube videos in the future of covers of my favorite songs. At one point in my childhood, I had started to write my own songs and perform them when I was alone as I wasn't sure if they were really that great, I still loved to do it though. At another point in my childhood, I had lost my home due to my mother getting laid off at her job as more and more manufacturing jobs were getting pushed overseas, music was what I relied on to get me through that time as I came to terms that the world wasn't all it was cracked up to be, I grew up fast and music became an outlet for my emotions during that time.

In middle school, I had started band class and I began to learn how to play the flute. I continued to learn flute through middle school and into high school, except for one year where I wasn't able to fit band into my class schedule, that was one of the hardest years of my life. I hadn't realized until that year just how integral music was to my life and how much stress relief it gave me to be able to play and play and play until my lungs and fingers finally told me it was time to stop and rest. The year after I got back into band class and even did jazz choir along with it, giving myself even more of an outlet for stress and a way to calm my racing mind in the midst of taking college-level courses to save money on my college education.

While in jazz choir I was given the chance to do a few solos one being during the holiday concert where I was performing not only with the choir but also with the orchestra and band. I can still remember that night and I wouldn't be surprised if several of my peers also remember that night. It was a time in my life where the rug had been pulled out from under me once again, I had lost my home for the second time in my life. That night in between the many parts I participated in I had finally lost my composure and I ended up hiding somewhere I thought no one would find me to just cry and let my emotions run rampant before I went back up on stage. There was one happy memory from that night though, and that was my solo, it didn't have to do with singing perhaps and wasn't planned within the score of music when we were initially given it to practice in class, but it was added after a couple of class periods, I was given the chance to do an evil laugh at the end of "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" and people talked about that portion of the concert for a full week afterward where I had fully let my head tilt back as I did my evilest laugh possible, even people who didn't previously talk to me came up to me to ask how I had done it. That night was bittersweet, it has contributed to who I am today though and I would never trade it in.

Once high school ended, so did my playing of the flute and a lot of my singing, it was time to get serious, no more childish whims such as singing or playing an instrument. My love of music went from playing it and singing it to listening avidly and letting it carry me away. Even now while writing this I am listening to music and I listen to music almost 24/7 even when trying to fall asleep as it soothes my brain and allows me to let go. I listen to music while doing homework, while in class, while I'm working, while I'm cooking, while basically everything and anything I do. In fact when I don't listen to music I feel as if something is missing and can't concentrate, this has led me to buy probably 15 pairs of headphones from the college bookstore while at school whenever I forget a pair, as it is frowned upon to just play music out loud, which I completely understand and not all of my music can be considered safe for work.

I utilize music in different ways, I love it all though and I consider it the greatest love of my life, it's something that has been there through everything and is likely to be there for me in the future.
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What or who is the greatest love of your life?

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