A world without sound
What would your life be like without music?
Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols .
Without the music of life, the world would be a silent place. Okay, so this might not be true. Humans have always been noisy creatures.
In today’s world we don’t know how to be quiet. Sounds of traffic, aircraft, and human voices fill the air constantly. During Covid lockdowns the planet became a quieter place and it was easy to imagine what the world was like a hundred years ago.
Now, for me, the music of life is the soundtrack of nature. Walk through a woodland or forest in early springtime and listen to the birds. In the summer time a meadow is full of the hum of insects as bees gather pollen. The sound of the wind through the branches of the trees or the sound of rain and even thunder is the true music of life.
Bush cricket Of course, in today’s world money can’t be made out of the sound of the grasshoppers or crickets 
rubbing their legs together or the lark on its wing as its beautiful melody rises above the meadow.
It’s all about the latest boy band or the next biggest band. Once music praised the glory of a god or Mother Nature as people worked in the fields or sung sea shanties but now modern music drowns out the noise of traffic and city life as people hurry about with earbuds in.
Step away from your busy life once in a while and be at one with nature. Retune your hearing to the natural sound around you. An early walk before the busyness of human activity fills the air can ease you both physically and mentally.
There isn’t enough time to switch off and tune out in our modern world.
Be at peace with yourself.
Thank you for dropping by and reading my thoughts. 
