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Re: Music--VOL Summershine

Well I've experienced both what Ryan and Mark are talking about. At times 
I've been moved to tears by music and I've been reassured by a message in 
it. . .But I've used music as a coping device as well. I've shared with you 
some of my church history. I had a feeling of shame that I attended my old 
church and that I'd been such a zealous conservative Christian. How could I 
be so insensitive to others, so sure the world was black and white, so 
opinionated, etc. etc.

OK I'm going to jump on my U2 bandwagon again, because their music truly was 
therapy for me in coming to terms with this. They had been through a similar 
journey going from fundamentalist Christianity to cynicism and back to 
belief (although not having all the answers, still belief). That's pretty 
much where I've been. The song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" 
still makes me cry because it captures all my feelings about this. It makes 
me feel better to know someone else has been through it, just like ryan 
said.

Sarah


ryan richards originally wrote:
> > I ran across "Audible Sigh" at a Border's Bookstore I frequent.  I felt
> > reconnected to something through that album and listened to it
> > religiously.
> > I think it helped me feel not so alone in my view of the world and was a
> > welcome friend and sort of coping device.


then Mark wrote:
>When I listen to music that moves me, I often get light-headed, and I get
>a feeling inside my chest and head like I'm dizzy and sometimes it feels
>like my heart is going to pound out of my chest.  Sometimes (less often)
>if I cry, I feel true emotion--usually  sadness, or sad revelation type
>stuff.
>
>I menioned all that, because although I do experience music deeply, I have
>never had the type of experience that RandomRicky mentions above.  I have
>identified with the the message in the music, and I've been reassured that
>something I've thought was mirrored or expressed by the singer.  Is this
>the same thing, because I can't remember feeling any kind of relief or
>using the music to cope in some way.  Am I in the minority with this

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