Thoughts about music

When listening to music becomes peripheral—which is what we were unwittingly encouraging when we were leaning on the weather—then it exists only on the perimeter of life, subtly changing our moods and emotions without ever really getting in the way. Sometimes you have to let it get in the way.

All this comes together as a sort of recognition of trust—when you’re running, you have to trust your body; when you’re listening, you have to trust that the music is taking you somewhere. If trust in either of these things is punctured, then it gets existential really quick: If you can’t trust that the music you’re listening to will get where it’s... See more