bathing in classical music

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.

-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


(Let me make it perfectly clear that, per the above quote, I am in no way advocating bathing only once or twice a week......although I do urge you to consider shorter showers for water conservation!)

I'm a bit bogged down with minutia today: tedious chores, animal issues, and must-do's at my desk. Without my favorite classical music radio station as background the day would collapse in on itself, dragging me into the whir.

There's a link at the end of this post to one of those quizzes that are fun from time to time. My results - below - were right on in this instance. I basically love all kinds of music, but, as with the old saying You Are What You Eat, in other ways You Are The Music You Prefer..........

I love KBPS All Classical FM in Portland, Oregon. Mike and I have been supporting members for over a decade now. The station streams online so you can listen also, if you'd like, from anywhere in the world, anytime of the day or night.

You are a somewhat serious person who enjoys studying subjects deeply. Art of all kinds interests you, and a good piece of art can really effect you emotionally. You are inspired by human achievement, and you appreciate work that takes years to accomplish. For you, the finer things in life are not about snobbery - they're about quality.

So, What Kind of Music Are You?
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I want to add a special Happy 16th Birthday to my nephew, Noah, who was a magician when he was a kid and is now a really rockin' musician. Remember what I said about American Idol, Noah .....
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"God is the friend of silence"

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
- Mother Teresa


I'm feeling a need for silence lately. Where I used to move through my days with a constant selection of CDs or my favorite classical station from Portland as soundtrack to my activities, recently I've been shutting down the sound after I finish with my yoga music. Actually, I wasn't even aware of this change until, over several weekends, when Mike asked what music I wanted to listen to and my response was silence, it became evident. I haven't analyzed why this is the case; it just is and I'm letting it just be. I enjoy listening to classical music online while I'm writing (link above) but not every night as it depends upon my need for concentration and the programming at any given time. I've noticed that, late at night, the radio station tends to play (for lack of a better term) alternative classical which sometimes is a stretch for me, as it was just now when I turned it off leaving me in ... silence.

Rather than hunt around for a photo to represent the quote in this post I am going to recommend that you visit Wayfaring Wanderer and view her 8-4-08 post titled, "Seven Down....." which is her [366] Photographic Journal where she shows thumbnails of her photos that she featured at her blog in the month just passed.

Specifically, notice her "My Favorites from JULY" that follow the thumbnail shots. Wayfaring Wanderer selected seven favorite photos for July. And Mother Teresa wrote the quote that describes them...