Your Typical Day With The Art You Love

Kevin Harmon

English 112

Your Typical Day With The Art You Love

Living in New York you see art or hear music everywhere you go whether it's a restaurant, in the subway or just walking on the sidewalk. I personally have a lot of experience with both arts but music influenced my life more then art has. For me, music is more of a culture. It's what I listened to, what my parents listened to and so on. My favorite genre of music is hip hop. Me listening to hip hop helps me start my day. It gets me pumped to go out and do what I have to do to achieve my goals. Though I say it pumps me up, it also calms me down. After a long day of class and work I lay back and listen to relaxing music to unwind from your typical day living in New York.

Personally, i feel i need music wherever i go. Music helps me get from point A to point B quickly and productively. I feel as if music distracts me from the real world and blanks out my surroundings but helps me focus on the task at hand. A better way to describe my feeling is music gives me tunnel vision. Studies show that music helps stimulate the brain. It takes every part of the brain to listen to music and in a sense music helps us heal. Music also builds excitement. Not everyone has a favorite artist but majority of people do and once hearing that the artist is about to drop a new album or song makes your blood rush. The excitement and anticipation is through the roof and it gives you a reason to look forward to more.

I listen to music daily so my personal New York experience with music is is not a one time thing, it's more of a lifestyle. Though i don't make any music, listening helps me see the artist's point of view. Music puts me in the artist shoes and helps me see what they see and feel how they feel. Some music even relates to my everyday life growing up in Harlem with violence and and what was done to overcome those obstacles. Music helps paint a clear picture of what went on and what's still going on in the world today and reflects on all the people still going through it. Music is an art that I will forever be grateful of.

Works Cited

Jun, Passon M.D. Music, Rythem and the Brain  http://brainworldmagazine.com/music-rhythm-and-the-brain-2/ Web 7 march, 2011