Apologies for disappointing all those who were expecting chapter four of the 'Train Romance.' I promise I'll get back with the story at a later point in time :-)
I spent a night out at Shyam's place as it had been really long since we caught up. We were listening to old songs in all languages we know ( Tamil, Telugu & Hindi - English songs aren't my kind.) It is when I was going through the range of emotions that the thought process - 'Is the music that really makes you feel a particular way or how you felt when you heard that song ( because of things that happened then) that is making you feel the way you do currently' started and hence this post.
I have not learnt music and naturally do not have the ability to appreciate the nitty-gritty of it. So, I really can't comment on what is a good piece of music and what is not. However, there are songs that make me feel good and songs that don't.
Funnily, I felt sad on hearing few songs that are supposedly excellent pieces of music. When I delve deeper into this, I realize I heard that particular song over and over again when I was going through a tough phase in life.
On the other hand, some random piece of music which may turn off any student of music top my charts of best music because I heard that song when things were 'happening' in life. Over time, I have developed this ability ( if I can really call it one) to associate the emotion predominantly spread in my mind when I started to listen to a song and eventually let that emotion decide how good that song itself is.
This also leads me to write about another psychological phenomenon which is worth pondering over. "Happiness, sadness or for that matter any other emotion is a state of mind and not actually a reflection of the reality outside."
The Christmas bonus Googlers get is a classic example to elaborate this. Few are really thankful to the company for giving them a bonus, few feel they deserve it & there is actually no reason to be thankful to the company and few are anything but satisfied. "They say our profits doubled, tripled etc.. but why the hell does the Christmas bonus stay at 20 grands year over year like a stunted kid" isn't that uncommon a comment you'll hear.
Going with the tone of this write up, this post might come across interesting to some, boring to few, trigger a 'why the hell do you think so much' in some, 'don't you have a better way to spend a night out than writing stuff on blogger?' or a simple smile. You know why you feel the way you do more than me. Don't you? I am smiling as I wrap up!
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