A brief visit to a beautiful place
I was going through a tough phase a week back. Nothing seemed to be right and I was highly depressed with my mind filled with negative thoughts. It lasted for around one week after which things started to fall in place automatically. During these tedious times, I tried to keep myself positive and calm in numerous ways but nothing worked as I continued to fall back in the negative space.
Among the numerous ways, listening to songs was one among them which made me feel better for a very brief duration. It was Sunday at 7 pm filled with its usual lethargy. I hadn’t slept the night before. I kept on pondering over my life as a result of my despair I hadn’t bathed and had eaten just one meal from the dawn. Though I had numerous works to do I didn’t want to do and kept on postponing. It was when my brain urged me to try this weird(I call it so) activity from nowhere.
I laid down on my bed and switched off the lights. With headphones attached, I created a playlist of my favorite artist which contained songs from various genres. The playlist roughly had 20 odd songs. I covered myself including my face with a bedsheet and I closed my eyes. I started playing those songs. I slowly got into a subconscious state that I started to interact with the songs. I had visuals playing through my mind with various incidents related to the song that was playing. The keen attention to the lyrics of those songs felt more powerful. I didn’t fall asleep but it was in-between being awake and being asleep which I was able to feel.
The genre of the song didn’t matter, be it sad or a duet or motivating. Every song either had a situation for me to remember or I dived deep into the lyrics and tunes while thinking about what would have made the creator to write or compose the thing. I faced some hindrances, but I was more focused on the songs that they didn’t matter to me. My roommate entered the room twice and switched on the light, I got a huge urge to look at the time, the thoughts over WhatsApp notification interrupted once in a while yet I continued to listen to the songs. The songs kept on coming and I even played a guessing game of what song will follow the current one. Though I listen to songs often, It felt like a more of a powerful wave that rejuvenated my senses.
Finally, the playlist ended and the first song started to play again. I woke up, paused the song and looked at the time. It was 4 minutes to 9 pm. I tried to remember the starting time of this activity but I wasn’t sure but I was sure it must be at least 100 minutes that I have spent and it has been a worthy memory ride among the songs that I have been listening for since ages. I felt fresh, worries seem to be faded. Exaggeration could be sensed in this article but it was worth trying once that I couldn’t avoid it for good. I bathed then and had my dinner.
