6pm

I like walking home alone in the dark.
There's something very beautiful about the way the leaves blow in the wind.
It's quite awesome how listening to music alone feels.

It feels a bit like you're in your own world, you can see people around you, you can see their lips moving, you can see what they're doing, but no one can hear your music. It's kind of like that music, at that moment in time, is yours. And that's pretty cool.

Music kind of means a lot to me. People say this a lot, and often when phrases become widely used, certain people start claiming that the phrase "is a lie" and "you're only following the crowd", when in fact, have they considered, that maybe music does kind of mean a lot to a lot of people?

But I find that listening to music helps me distance myself from people sometimes, and I think that's really important: to find comfort in solitude.
Music helps me take a deep breath and I'm pretty sure we've all learnt about how taking a deep breath is necessary.
In a busy lifestyle, sometimes there aren't many breaks, but if you look really hard, you can find one in something as simple as walking to and from college, or in brushing your teeth before bed, or having breakfast on the kitchen table, or listening to music as you do work (or listening to music as you procrastinate as I am currently doing)

I know I post about bands a lot, but I'm seeing Mallory Knox live in 5 days and that's pretty exciting. I really love the feel of a concert. No where else would you find complete strangers so close together in the same room as each other. Complete strangers with their on life story, their own problems, their own home, their own work, but for a few hours just that one night, you can forget about everything, and literally just live in the moment.
It doesn't matter that you have to go home in a few hours, and you have work in the morning; you forget everything, and bond with complete strangers over that one shared happiness of just being there. That's pretty amazing.

I think everyone should go to concerts, whatever kind of concerts they may be, and just forget about everything for a little while. Because forgetting everything can be just as important as remembering it all.


On another note, I feel obliged to say RIP Nelson Mandela.
The world has lost a truly inspirational and very important man. He changed this world, and I think he stood for something brilliant.
 Also, well done to the human race for letting at least one freedom fighter die of old age rather than be assassinated.
My only hope is that the world keeps remembering all that he taught us, and doesn't forget about his importance as a part of human history.

It feels fitting to end this post by the following quote from the man himself:
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear" - Nelson Mandela