musically defined

Friday, July 24, 2009

musically defined

3:00pm on a Friday afternoon on a hot July day in the year 2009 and I can confidentially say that I can define myself musically; i.e., I know what my musical tastes are and what my musical persona is. Yes, you’ve heard correctly. I can define myself musically. I like Sia, Fiest, Coldplay, Jem, Natalie Imbruglia, Dido, Bitter:Sweet, Massive Attack, Plumb, and similar artists. I can easily define my musical tastes. I know what I prefer to listen to and what I’m most attracted to. However, I cannot say the same for everything else in my life. With music, I can clearly define myself; with other things in life, I simply can’t. I am, however, grateful that I can clearly define myself in at least one aspect of my life. For years now I’ve been struggling with my sense of self; trying to define who and what I stand for, what person I want to portray to the world, and what person I want to show to my friends. For now I’m content with knowing what I like musically. God this feels like such an achievement. Slowly, but surely, I am getting there. One baby step at a time.