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"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music"
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
"Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body"
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
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In my opinion, music is an important means of expression.
Growing up I was always encouraged to play intruments and
many a time I'd be found hammering on the piano or breaking
violin strings! As I found myself sinking further into
behaviours all my practising and playing sadly came to an
end and I discarded my intruments as a means of venting.
However, in hindsight music still played a part in how
I was feeling. With shame, I have to admit that as a student
I remember bombarding the karaoke DJ to allow me to sing
"Yesterday", needless to say he wouldn't let me, he was there
to raise the moral of the student body! I have found that
the music I listen to has altered considerably as I journey
through recovery. I no longer wish to spend my time listening
to extremely depressing artists. I have even found that one artist
JEWEL has actually travelled with me and given me what I need (at different stages) from her "Pieces of you" album (extremely depressing) to her
"Spirit" album (hopeful and full of insight) to "This Way" (living life).All in all music has been a form of expression for me even when I didn't really know what I was expressing.
Orlaith |
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Sean-Nós Nua by Sinead O’Connor
A compilation of Irish ballads. I am no Sinead O’Connor fan,
but I loved this album. You can hear from Sinead O’Connor’s
voice, how she put her heart and soul into this album.
It is rippling with emotion – like an undercurrent, if you like.
You can hear from her voice the intensity of emotion that she
put into this compilation. I would most definitely recommend
this album. Irish ballads are part of our culture afterall…
irishamethyst41@hotmail.com
Sweeter Than Chocolate by Laurie Daily
This is a compilation of music, written and produced by
Laurie Daily herself. The music is based on her own recovery.
The lyrics rang so true for me. One of the lines from one
of her songs “even a blind man knows, when he is walking
in the sun”,for me, spoke volumes. Overall, I found
her album to be inspirational.
irishamethyst41@hotmail.com
Stripped by Christina Aquilera
This album I could identify only too well with.
Even though Christina was singing about her own
personal life experiences,I could relate my
eating distress to the words she used. I could not
help but feel for Christina in this album, and her
strength is quite evident too – not only by the lyrics,
but the music and the way she sings. She truly sings
from the heart.
irishamethyst41@hotmail.com
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The soundtrack of THE PIANO composer Michael Nyman
In the film "THE PIANO" Ada the main female character doesn't speak.
The piano music therefore acts a substitute for her voice."The
sound of the music becomes her character, her mood, her expressions,
her unspoken dialogue. It has to convey the messages.she
is putting across about her feelings" composer Michael Nyman.
I think this music struck a chord in me the minute I heard it
as I could identify entirely with Ada. When the film was screened
I was in the depths of my behaviours, completely misunderstood
by all around me and hence felt like I had no voice.
"Big my secret" and "The heart asks pleasure first" were my two
favourite pieces. In my opinion, they are literally heart-thumping
pieces. Though I couldn't identify at the time precisely what I felt,
listening to this music definitely gave me some voice and a feeling of
empathy with the character.
Orlaith |
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Guitar Last summer when i needed something to help express my out of control emotions...(that seemed to be out of control to me anyway!) I began to learn the guitar. It didnt come to me automatically, unfortunately it takes a little patience, which i mustered up for the occasion, but it didnt take long to realise that just strumming chords actually did release alot of tension. I hadn t made music in a long while and to be able to strum and sing in the sanctury of my room with no pressure to perform has helped me enormously. The challenge of learning new pieces, pretending you are in eurostar...which i don t tell to many...., and just singing or screaming to my hearts content gives me a level of acceptance of myself. Also in times when i am depressed, feeling alone, i get it out and pretend im sheryl crowe with loads of money and glittery outfits..or is that cher! Anyway it helps to get absorbed into something, to be productive, to relax and be with yourself without any expectation and to have a session alone in your bedroom without the pub atmosphere, or the people, plus you can rehearse party pieces and contemplate a career in busking. Orlaith |
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