I just realized why I hate Christmas music. It’s because of how commercialized it’s become. Music is an expression of the soul. It’s the expression of Truth. It’s a disservice to humankind when it is bastardized. These songs that have been passed down through generations have lost all their meaning when you’ve got pop bands doing contemporary versions of the song, eviscerating all meaning. I admit that I like a handful pop songs, but there are certain things that have been bequeathed to us by our ancestors and forefathers, that are the very fiber of what defines culture, that should be considered sacred.

Music that is passed down through generations, is passed down because it conveys emotional and spiritual meaning; it means that particular piece of music has the power of gathering, unlocking and liberating inner emotions. In this day in age, when we have computers creating the music and kids who don’t even understand the sacred language of the song putting out a version that gets mass airplay, it’s hard for these songs not to lose meaning. So every time I hear a Christmas song on the radio or at the mall, I get really bitter. Christmas songs that were once a communion of the religious and spiritual, that were sung together in spiritual faith in a revered place of connection, have become synonymous with commercial brainwash. When a person hears a Christmas song, like one of Pavlov’s dogs, he doesn’t feel the magnitude of the cumulative shared emotional experience of our forefathers. He only understands that it’s time it’s sale time in the department stores because the holiday shopping season has officially begun. Nothing scares me more than the idea that our world no longer values the intimacy of human bond and the happiness of being knowing and accepting your inner being.

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I’m reading:

While I Was Gone by Sue Miller

I’m listening to:

Operatica “Shine”
Operatica “Volume 1”
Handsome Boy Modeling School “So…How’s Your Girl”

I recommend all of these. I’ve been in such a good mood since they collectively came into my life. (Operatica is opera meets dance/electronica. It’s freakin’ AMAZING)

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