The Wonder of Music

inhale, exhale

breath of air

vibration

frequency

timbre

strumming, plucking, pounding, blowing

rhythms and pitches

captured and arranged

layered, lengthened, lovingly labored over

unison, harmony

consonance, dissonance

the possibilities are endless

with a large but finite

collection of tools and sounds

music is central

to who we are and what we are

our movements, our sounds, our perceptions

define the music we feel

the music we make

the music we share

we are made of music

we live and breathe as music

natural sounds

all around us

are music

when sounds are organized

we attach memories to them

and every time we hear those sounds

we remember

we sing

we dance

we hum

we smile

we close our eyes

we weep

music lives inside us

music is the air we breathe

inhale

exhale

inhale