short story: jennifer l. frock

short story: jennifer l. frock

Music Manipulation

I find I dont connect with music anymore.
It seems to whittle out what it wants from me-not what I want from it. The musicians and the music they make are not strong enough to stand on their own. I
Is it possible to hear subliminals in everything?
It makes me sick.
I dont want to know opinions and words, yet I find my mind piecing together information when I dont want it.
I want to be mindless sometimes, just to feel the physical demands of a human making music-the strums vibration on a string instrument or the vocal cord pitch as it winds it's way from a controlled place into the atmosphere. I
I've had enough of it not being from a pure place. A
And i won't listen to it anymore.
Music has become a chore to listen to, an obligation to dance to, and I feel as though I am a windup doll to the people who make it. Constant manipulations are not what I call relaxing or stimulating. I
I want to be with clear beings and their music.

 

about the writer: jennifer l. frock

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photos: katalin pusztaszeri

photos: katalin pusztaszeri

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