Descriptive Essay About Music

I stroll across the street, narrowly missing a truck. I continue my walk along the sidewalk to my first class this morning, however the day has already been a mess. I awoke late, took to long getting ready, and am now hastily making my way. I start a song on my iPhone, a youtube stream of Debussy, and my brain takes a trip. The stress, confusion, and hurry of the morning slip away as steam escapes a boiling pot. I am thrust into a world of peace, serenity, of carefulness. My mood improves as I listen, each piano key resonating with a gentle touch. The composure of the piece envelops me in comfort, a delicate, harmonious place somewhere between heaven and earth. I collect music, but not in any sort of album order or itunes playlist. Merely,

Music is sound, mostly groupings of sounds, one of the forefront characteristics of it that I find so appealing. Music is a work of art, a machine composed of the tiniest components. Every instrument lends its voice, from the softest snare to the heaviest bass. Because music functions as a machine, interlocking with musical “cogs” (instruments or sounds), each piece created emits a new aurora of sound, a spectrum of noise (most likely) never created in identical sequence. Music is wildly

Written as if he is telling us a story in person, the narrative is dense in meaning (and somewhat abstract), pertaining to his life as a collector in the 1930s. Although the article differs a bit in the content of my collection, his beliefs parallel my own. A chief theme in the article is Benjamin’s sense of wonderment, spanning over several situations. He speaks of the wonderment of another’s collection (Benjamin 1), the magic of keeping the past alive, and the thrill that accompanies the acquisition of additions to the collection. All of these points I find relevant to my collection of music. I believe in the same sort of awe that exists upon the review of another’s collection. That is, their private assortment of what that collector considers meaningful enough to gather, maintain, and sometimes