This lesson is most evident in music. As part of humanity, we are reminded of this everyday. Just circling through your ipod list, browsing your itunes for a song to play; we remember that art sparks longing. In this case, it's that song that you would love to listen to but can't because you miss him or her too much. It's the artist you skip completely because you don't want to think about what happened when you first hear it. That party you went to on Saturday night? It was the call or text that you made after hearing that song you both you used to listen to (and the regret that you feel this morning because of it).
Beware of delegating a song to a specific person. These days, songs last much longer than relationships. People seem to be more disposable than lyrics. Art lasts longer than reality.
As artists, we are in constant contact with all of our pasts: because we're the ones that are constantly confronting it, trying to better ourselves from the experiences we've had. As someone once said in a cheesey Hillary Duff movie: "Artists feel differently than others do." Teen flick aside, it's a true observation. I believe it's because we're more willing to feel pain than others (most often in search of those ecstatic feelings that are so rare).
It may be the romantic in me, but movies, television, and music inspire me to reconnect with others in a way that I haven't in long time. I long for the better times with those I have lost.
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