Music Week - Day 6 - The Power of Music Rescues Us in Tough Times

Edited BY G P Kennedy

Espe - Perth, Australia

Dog Days are Over by Florence and the Machine is a song I use to express big opposing emotions experienced from a single situation or event.

This concept is intriguing to me but also quite natural. During this pandemic I have experienced such emotions and find relief and comfort accepting the possibility of experiencing opposing emotions in one song (situation).

Some may think this contradiction can create confusion and is miss-matched to the expected or normal human reaction to an event but I think it intensifies the raw feelings.

I love the Yin and Yang experience with emotions throughout this song and feel free to feel any emotions that I need to express. After listening to this song at high volume, dance to express myself and if needed release. Then I feel pumped and ready to take on the world!

I am a strong believer in emotional expression to process experiences for optimal mental and emotional health - all emotions have their purpose. I think my Spanish background and experience with the art of Flamenco has provided me with similar experiences.

Flamenco allows me to uses dance and music to express my deepest and also most elated emotions.

Bjork’s It’s Oh So Quiet is a cover from an old Betty Hutton song about the journey through the emotional rollercoaster of love. I love this very simple yet effectively dramatic song from one of my favourite performers, Bjork.

It has served our little family well through this epidemic so far.

I want to thank Coronavirus Stories for providing me the opportunity to share my thoughts. This process has brought an unexpected awareness to how important and why music is in life. After a week of one challenge after another, I think I need to indulge in a night of music therapy.

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