Appreciating Music

I am sitting here at a Café for dinner. On the way over here I was listening to opera on my CD player. I have never listened to opera on purpose before this week, and I really haven’t given any thought to opera. My friend, Penny, has been giving me piano lessons. Recently, she gave me a CD of piano music, hoping to encourage my piano practice (Penny is a lover of opera). The last two songs on the CD are of opera. I suspect she had an intuitive sense that I might like it. Well, I love it!

While driving home very late last night, I was listening to Jazz on a local radio station. I was in love with the music.

What’s been interesting, and this is the first time I’ve experienced this, is that I am noticing that simply thinking of the music is a bit emotional. In the past few minutes I’ve noticed that simply reflecting on the opera I was listening to during my drive over here or the jazz pieces I was listening to last night brings tears to my eyes. What the heck is this about! It certainly can’t be about the words. There were no words connected to the jazz pieces I listened to last night. And the opera is in Italian for heaven’s sake!

Another thought that came to me is how nice it is to share with others. It is particularly nice to share with someone who shares an appreciation for the same thing. On this thought I am present to an appreciation for the quite voice of nature and the eye that can see the love expressed in the details of our natural environment. And how much I enjoy sharing this appreciation with others.

I am here sitting alone. The music is not playing, and yet it is. And I am in love with the music.

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