Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"I've always had two best friends in my life: books and music. Take one of them away and I'm going to wither and wilt from the inside. But it's hard to explain what music means to me. With books, it's easier: it's about things like access to information, the physical pleasure of touching and shelving and smelling books, the stories to disappear in, or how the school library always meant safety to this child because the bullies never went inside.

"Music, however, is that thing that reaches into my ribcage and squeezes my heart directly. Visiting concerts is the closest thing I have to what I would describe as a 'spiritual experience'. Which might be a simple sensory overload of sorts, I don't know. Sometimes there's that feeling like my chest is just... widening, and at the same time there's a pressure inside like those seconds before you start crying, but it's nice. [...] Being touched. Yearning. Certain melodies, bass lines, musical styles can reduce me to a puddle of emotions, and I wish I could explain it, but I can't. Every time I try to talk about music, words fail me."

-- das_dingsi 2010-09-18