Response to Crystal

Crystal's blog today has some interesting questions, especially the third one, about music. It seems to me that we listen to music that captures our mood because it creates an easily expressible outlet for emotions that aren't necessarily easily expressible. When we're upset, over a break-up for example, it's not always easy to think to ourselves about what emotions we're feeling or the situation we're going through; playing music that deals with that situation, however, eases that tension about releasing the emotion, because someone else has already done it.

To me, the idea of expressive music is especially summed up in classical music. The composition "Flight of the Bumblebee" is perfect in this way: there's a busy, high-speed tone to the music, that sums up an expression of industry, of acting quickly.