Living in a different world

Whereever I go, whatever I do, I always bring along my headphones. If you see me at school, you'll often find me using it when I'm travelling alone. Often it is in order to distract myself from getting tired of walking from place to place. With the headphones on, I can walk two kilometers without noticing. Of course, one thing that I have to work on is trying not to get knocked down by cars while wearing headphones, however I digress. 

Music helps me to escape the world of reality. It helps me forget about the pain of homework or about the lonliness of walking alone. What I found out recently was that music doesn't change my world, rather it puts it in a different light. 

I was never close to my dad, and speaking with him always ended with him scolding me about my school life and my judgement of wishing to study Physics in university (in his perspective, Physics is a dead end science). Often these conversations took place in the car when I don't have a choice but to answer. I was never one rude enough to put on headphones in the car, but when times came for me to forget that I was in that car, I would sneak it on in the backseat of the car when there was a third party engaged in conversation with my dad. 

On Sunday, I put on the headphones on to try and reflect the 'panic vibes' that my mum was giving off over the fact that we were late for church. Unfortunately, not everyone has the 'headphones of immunity' that I had and it quickly passed over to my dad who started pointing fingers at everyone but himself. It was at that point that classical music came on on my phone playlist. Suddenly the movements of arms and shouting in the car became a form of art, a dance if you will. I refused to move at all knowing that any adjustment to my headphones would mean that I would be able to hear the conversation, and this phenomena was very interesting to me that I was rendered immovable.It was at this point that I realised that music doesn't change my world, but rather it changes my interpretation of the world, which is much more special.

Music really changes my life, and I hope that it does for you too. Living in multiple worlds, or should we say, multiple interpretations of the world, sounds a lot more interesting don't you think?

Cheers,

Matthew Tan