The Power of Words

       “Words are the most infinite source of magic, capable of both damaging and remedying.”(Albus Dumbledore) Words have always been powerful. They make people feel things, both positive and negative emotions. They have been one of mankind’s most powerful tools for years. Words can be used to create and destroy. You see both every day. When you talk to your friends, your using words for good, but when you have a rival, positive words are not used often. Words define a human being, revealing their personality, thinking, and who they are.

       Words can do more damage than just about any other weapon in the world. Not physical, but mental damage. In war, enemies try to distract you, get inside your head, turn you away from your goal and this happens everywhere. Rivals everywhere try to bring each other down with words in an attempt to sway them from their path to the goal. Words are a very powerful weapon in the wrong hands, and sadly, all the wrong hands already have them.

       Words are capable of immense damage, but also of immense healing. When someone gets hurt, someone often tries to comfort them by speaking to them as well as taking appropriate medical action, but if someone loses a limb, no amount of bandages will ever heal their mind. Only words can. Only words can heal the damage on the person, the same way music healed me after we moved. Bandages only heal the body.

       Words are everywhere and since they are infinite, some people use them where they are unnecessary. When someone dies, no amount of words can heal them because they have moved beyond word’s reach. No amount of words will bring someone back. Words can however, recover those affected by the death. They can heal the stricken, turn their mind from the passing of their friend or family member. “Do not pity the dead. Pity the living.”(Albus Dumbledore)

       Words have been around forever. They are conveyed from person to person, transport thoughts, opinions, and ideas through the air. They are capable of immense damage, capable of killing, but they are also capable of immense healing. They can bring those who are mentally gone back. Words are infinite, and always will be resulting in our tendency to use them where they are useless. People die and the living waste words after their respects by screaming for them to come back, but they won’t. These people are ignoring all others who were affected by the death, acting selfish by only thinking of themselves when they should be tending to those who were the most damaged by the death. Words can be used for both good and evil. It is your choice how you use them.

Last Day of My iTunes Library

       After doing this project, I've found old music that now bring up memories, and the best part of this was being able to share this music. Some people may hate it, some may think it's annoying, depressing or just plain bad, but either way, music defines us. It makes a statement on who we are. This project allowed me to share this music with everyone so that they may get into it as well. I was able to connect to old feelings especially with this project, mostly involving the move up to here. Without doing this project, I'm sure I would've forgotten them, but now it's time for my last song that I'll be sharing. I saved the best for last. Today's song is Ghosts 'n' Stuff by deadmau5. ( Turn your volume up )

Iridescent - Linkin Park

       I bought this song while driving up here from Florida and I have never forgotten the lyrics. This song really plays on emotions. I remember driving at around midnight and listening to this, hearing the lyrics speak to me.

       I said in an earlier post that during the move I wasn't myself and I was pretty much in anguish, but when I first heard this song, it was incredible. It helped me get over the move both during and after, it still helps around 8 months later. The lyrics really touch the hearts of everyone, speaking to all. This song is by far the best pick-me-up I know of. The lyrics are unforgettable. I first heard them 8 months ago and as soon as I did, they stuck. I can never get them out of my head. 

Shelter - The XX

       I found this song back in Florida during a hurricane and it made me really think about the meaning of the word shelter. Shelter in it's literal form means a place that gives protection, but when I hear this song, I think of shelter in it's figurative form. Meaning something that you can sort of absorb yourself into, like a hobby.

       I usually listen to this song while taking pictures because it just helps me focus on the task at hand and close myself off from the world. I went out and took some pictures of a lake today and listened to this song which made me completely forget about everything but my camera. I ended up being outside for close to 2 hours. Most songs allow me to escape into my mind, forget about the world, but this one more so. I don't know why exactly, but I usually take my best pictures when listening to this song.

Watercolour - Pendulum

       I heard this song to day and some lyrics stood out to me: "When I'm falling down...will you pick me up again...when I'm too far gone...dead in the eyes of my friends...will you take me out of here when I'm staring down the barrel, when I'm blinded by the lights, when I cannot see your face, take me out of here (x4)". It made me think about how much people depend on each other, how much we need people in our lives. Everyone has a desire for human interaction and social acceptance and this song reflected that.

       Some people can live in isolation, without any human interaction, but these are the people who are torn up inside. People who remain isolated are forcing themselves into self inflicted pain by remaining away from people. We're all going to high-school next year and it's obviously going to bring a new setting, new people, and a new atmosphere. Don't try to isolate yourself from others. Believe me, I've tried, but the truth is, everyone needs someone to have their back. Just pay attention to the lyrics and you'll see how powerful they are.

SOPA Act

       The government is debating both the SOPA and PIPA acts. These acts will be removing pirated movies and music and other pieces of artwork that are stolen on the internet, but if they do, then they'll be shutting down everything about it. My blog is about music and since I've posted music videos, this site could be taken down if the acts go through. The government will be taking these things away from us, from people who aren't making money off it and are just trying to share it with people. I'm not stealing it, I'm just allowing for it to be visible on my site for more people to see. If anything, we're promoting the links we have in our blogs. The government plans to just shut everything down relating to one subject so if one of the artists of the songs I've posted complains, everything relating to it, including my blog, will be shut down completely. They're not making an effort to stop the people that are actually pirating it, but they're trying to stop everything about it on the internet that isn't official. By doing this, they are violating the First Amendment, removing our right of free speech. I understand where companies are coming from however.  They have a valid argument. They don't want people to steal their stuff and that's fine, everyone agrees with that, but they're handling this wrong. They're doing it the simple way, by just removing everything about the subject on the internet when they should be trying to take down the people who are actually stealing it, who are profiting from stuff they don't own. When someone posts a music video up on youtube, they can't make money off it because it's copyright, but either way, people post music videos up on youtube because they want more people to hear that music. If I was a musician and I saw my music video posted up on youtube, I'd be pretty pumped because then I know people like my music and support my work. These acts are classifying people that use the internet and post content they don't own as thiefs and criminals. These acts are also putting the artists of these pieces in a bad situation because they'll be letting their fans down. Luckily, these acts are still in discussion and more people are protesting them. The group that is supporting them is gradually beginning to disperse. I'm sure that if people rise up and fight for the arts, then both of these bills will be denied.

Oxygen (Gemini Remix) - Hadouken!

       Part of what makes us human is our ability to have passion. A person can have something that interests them more than anything else, something they love. There are things in this world that keep us alive. I don't mean literally, but something that makes a person feel "alive". This passion can be a skill, talent, person, anything really. Human beings have the ability to pursue these passions and get good at them.

       My passions are both archery and music. Archery may look really boring and slow, but it's incredible to be the one drawing back the bow. Archery makes me feel alive, makes me relax. It lets me escape into my mind and just envision the bow string being drawn back, the arrow soaring through air, hitting the target dead-center. Music affects me the same way. This song in particular makes me think of these passions, these things in life that define "alive".