I can tell you one thing. It is surely not a thing I do just to pass the time. That is what Solitaire is for.
I don't do it because it's "cute" or because the competition electrifies me.
Singing, to me, is much more than a hobby, a scheme of attraction, having a stereotypical class to fall under.
Being a little highbrow musical snob is great on certain days, don't get me wrong. However, the music is bigger than that.
You may have heard
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow claim music as the universal language. I find that claim to be true. This is the language I speak. I don't speak because I enjoy hearing myself speak. I speak to be heard.
Being just one person, seeing everything going on in politics and around the world, I feel small. Being a minority at my private, religious high school, believing differently, having to stay quiet to maintain the peaceful secluded environment, I feel unheard. Speaking my mind in front of obtuse, uncultivated people, I feel ignored.
Without an outlet for my thoughts and emotions, I am nothing.
Rarely do people truly listen to what others have to say. They merely wait for their turn to speak. Either that or they make judgments immediately, and stick with those judgments for self-satisfaction perhaps.
My voice doesn't provide music. My music provides my voice.
To be continued...
