Something to Keep
“Forgetting you, but not the time.”
Green Day – Whatsername
A Second Look
Although I mainly write about psychology or philosophy, I often wonder where I’d be without art. I honestly believe that music has saved my life. The thing about music (and art in general) is that it lets you channel your darkest thoughts and turn them into something beautiful. You take your anxiety or heartache and make poetry out of it.
While it’s easy to make fun of music or artists you don’t like, art heals. It doesn’t matter if you’re into Taylor Swift, Marilyn Manson, Robert Johnson, or Green Day. Art reminds you that even when you think your pain is unique, other people might experience the same emotions. And the thing about emotions is that you have to express them somehow, or they’ll catch up to you.
Media has a bad rap, but throughout history, stories are how we make sense of the world. There’s something unique about music, though, even if I often engage with other media. Music goes beyond words. French author Victor Hugo once wrote: “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”. I couldn’t have said it better.
Something I Liked
It’s been months since I last worked on a book summary for the site, and the reason is simple: I haven’t found anything worth summarizing. Writing summaries takes weeks. I have to read the book, process the information, and rewrite something that makes sense and I can explain in simple terms.
I’ve had the book Attached on my Kindle for years, but I never gave it a fair chance. I’m glad I finally did. For those unfamiliar, the book talks about attachment theory in romantic relationships. This theory explains why some relationships seem to work effortlessly while others don’t.
Since I’ve been writing a summary for the last couple of days, I don’t want to say much else until the article is ready. I know a lot of people on the internet say things like “this book changes everything”, but I think in this case, Attached helped me articulate some of the things we’ve all felt while in a relationship, but couldn’t because we didn’t know that there was a psychological theory behind them.