There seem to be a lot of requirements surrounding a person's ability to be passionate. I will admit that I have been guilty of criticizing the love and passion of others. I have mixed up one's love with one's ability to be a FAQs page. I'll admit to being wrong about that here: I am wrong. This realization came when someone called into question my love of music.
Two-fold situation: First, recently I have been told by several people that I know it all when it comes to music. I sing along to just about everything when I am familiar enough. Basically give me two days of the radio and I'll know enough Top 40* to be able to cancel it's irritation by singing along. I refute the accusation of musical omniscience because it just isn't true. My most accurate response is that I listen to a lot of music. Which, while I feel represents me well, also feels inaccurate in the grand scheme of things. I mean, on a global scale of music out there versus what I've heard... Astronomical difference.
Second, someone told me I didn't know music because I wasn't knowledgeable with every lyric that fell from the mouth of Ozzy Osbourne. I know who he is and I understand he is a pillar in the music industry. However, the genre he represents isn't my go to. Similar to rap.
I'm speaking out against people who crap on other people's passions just because their requirements aren't met. I refuse to allow someone's outside view tell me how I feel about music. My music collection represents a lot of different genres but by no means all of them and certainly not equally.
Though this little high horse has my thinking. This just may be a well timed experiment to promote self-awareness. Knowing that there are times where I am far too sensitive should prepare me for dealing with my own reactions. Instead of getting irritated I should just remind myself that I don't know everything there is to know about music. Plus it isn't bad to remember that other opinions do not take away what music is to me. Now I understand how it feels to impose my requirements on the passions of others. No one asked me and I need to never stop shutting up.
For some people being passionate is knowing everything. I have been obsessed with that line of thinking in the past. Life just recently taught me that wasn't always necessary. Music being one example. I am not stuck in the music that happened three decades ago. It is great, but not everything. There is so much new stuff to find and explore. There are so many artist coming out and showing new ways to use music for expression. I'd say I'm stuck in the now, yet it's really just what's brought to my attention. An album sounds great and will be released next week, I want it. An album has a great rhythm and was dropped ten years ago, I want it.
I just want to continue my romance with music.
*No offense meant to Top 40, I just find it annoying that radio doesn't seem to diversify. Ever.
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