{"id":1754,"date":"2018-04-12T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2018-04-12T13:44:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T18:44:49","slug":"of-music-and-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/of-music-and-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"Of music and noise"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t listen to music very often. When I do it has my full attention.<\/p>\n

Everywhere we go these days we hear music in the background: in malls, restaurants, grocery stores, theater lobbies; even outdoor city sidewalks have music poured onto them like some sort of sweet, gooey corporate confection.<\/p>\n

When I ride in a friend’s car and he has the radio turned on very low I want to reach over and shut it off. Or, turn it up and stop talking.<\/p>\n

Elevators and telephone on-hold music are the worst, of course. That’s satanic torture, mind-numbing and inescapable.<\/p>\n

What idiocy have we subscribed to? Why must we be soothed, excited or pummeled by music everywhere we go?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Most of the time I just want the world to be quiet. Silence is bliss. It’s the only way I can hear myself think.<\/p>\n

When I want to hear music I decide which music, when, where and how.<\/p>\n

And then I will actually listen to it, giving it my full attention and allowing it to fill me.<\/p>\n

I love music. It deserves more respect than ambient noise.<\/p>\n

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