I am glad you wrote about grief in a way which does not sound dark, which is what most people would think. It’s also an emotion which comes to me very often and over the years I am figuring out ways to accept and honour it.
Exploring the music you have shared. Always a pleasure finding new artists and their music.
I'm happy you get that nuance, Ankita. Most people seem to associate grief with death and it stops at that. We also tend to suppress it.
I listened to this album at a time when I must have been particularly vulnerable. My reaction to it was a surprise but I let it flow. I think one of the air hostesses got worried about me. She quietly checked in on me and then let me be. The kindness of strangers is always the best kind of surprise I think. Another friend couldn't handle it. Your reaction to it will be your own. I will only caution you that if you're dealing with depression, this can go two ways; it could push you further down or it could be cathartic. There's a third possibility which is succinctly expressed as ‘bleh’.
It’s interesting you mentioned feeling vulnerable, as I think the most genuine connections are made when we are experiencing vulnerability. You open a gate to a stranger to really see you.
I liked the song ‘buried within the ashen ruins..’ perfectly suits the gloomy grey weather where I am at.
When I listen to an album like this, I wonder about the emotional state of the artist. There's just too much pain and despair here that they've laid bare to the world. Then again, I've heard deep anguish expressed by people who seem otherwise comfortable which late open a while different aspect of the mind. Come to think of it, I should write about one such album, one of the finest I've ever heard.
In a world of very tenuous connection, it feels very gratifying to learn of someone who has bothered to dig deeper as you have done, Ankita. Thank you!
I 'know' you only through your writing, Kristi but I got a sense that you would get it. I've been fortunate that the people who read what I write here while different from each other are similar in a certain understanding of the world and of people.
I don't think it's specific to the West; it seems to be prevalent across cultures.
I am glad you wrote about grief in a way which does not sound dark, which is what most people would think. It’s also an emotion which comes to me very often and over the years I am figuring out ways to accept and honour it.
Exploring the music you have shared. Always a pleasure finding new artists and their music.
I'm happy you get that nuance, Ankita. Most people seem to associate grief with death and it stops at that. We also tend to suppress it.
I listened to this album at a time when I must have been particularly vulnerable. My reaction to it was a surprise but I let it flow. I think one of the air hostesses got worried about me. She quietly checked in on me and then let me be. The kindness of strangers is always the best kind of surprise I think. Another friend couldn't handle it. Your reaction to it will be your own. I will only caution you that if you're dealing with depression, this can go two ways; it could push you further down or it could be cathartic. There's a third possibility which is succinctly expressed as ‘bleh’.
It’s interesting you mentioned feeling vulnerable, as I think the most genuine connections are made when we are experiencing vulnerability. You open a gate to a stranger to really see you.
I liked the song ‘buried within the ashen ruins..’ perfectly suits the gloomy grey weather where I am at.
When I listen to an album like this, I wonder about the emotional state of the artist. There's just too much pain and despair here that they've laid bare to the world. Then again, I've heard deep anguish expressed by people who seem otherwise comfortable which late open a while different aspect of the mind. Come to think of it, I should write about one such album, one of the finest I've ever heard.
In a world of very tenuous connection, it feels very gratifying to learn of someone who has bothered to dig deeper as you have done, Ankita. Thank you!
I'm glad you put these feelings into words. Grief is not often explored openly in today's Western culture.
I 'know' you only through your writing, Kristi but I got a sense that you would get it. I've been fortunate that the people who read what I write here while different from each other are similar in a certain understanding of the world and of people.
I don't think it's specific to the West; it seems to be prevalent across cultures.