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As I was picking up my laptop to begin a slice conveying and confessing the subtle enjoyment I find in turning up and turning down a song’s volume on the beat and playing around with the sound, I began to watch an episode of the travel show Rollin’ with Zach all about the eclectic, bike riding-, food cart supporting- community of Portland, Oregon. Within the first minutes, I was concocting a trip to the other side of the country to visit this free-spirited city. In the mix of trying to articulate why listening to music is so innately connected to our emotions and envisioning a sunny summer day adventuring in Portland, I came across James Michener’s quote, “I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions,” which reverberated with what my reader-self experienced below, because as I sat down to read - quiet wholeness as I stop watching reruns of Storage Wars - a whole avenue of thoughts and reactions took shape:
And as I continue to read and get to the section “Teenage Girls Stand By Their Man,” I am aware that this vignette sounds so much like the premise for and comments to my slice for Friday, 3/9, about the public's willingness to accept and emulate anything media says or anything figures in the media choose to do. However, I see there is a harmony and synergy when art (this book) imitates life (my previous slice) and you continue to learn and get to see deeper into the reflecting pool.
And as the brave voice and heart of Addie on the Inside mesh with the mantra “Keep Portland Weird” from this morning's show, I arrive at the end of the vignette “Shine” that says, “What's wrong with being out there, out there like a star shining in the night where that’s the only way the star can be seen? You never tell a star:
Hey.
Tone it down.”
So, as though I need more lyrics to knit my slice together, maybe check out “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” by Pink Floyd or “Andy, You’re a Star” by The Killers for a anthem of “it’s more than ‘ok’ to be yourself and speak your mind.” Of course, the day comes full circle, as I pause for a few moments in confusion as the headphones play the first guitar rifts in only my left ear and a voice comes on in my right ear - a lot like my own volume games that started today's writing.