More often than I'd like to admit, I listen to a song over and over again until I'm sick of it. If I don't get sick of it, I just become numb to the original intent of the song, so I can be desensitized to the meaning of the song.
Well now it's Someone Like You by Adele. Bugggggh, I just feel so typical of the average gay man. I really despise when people dig really deep for character development or song analysis. I have had this problem lately at rehearsals. I keep thinking that a pursuit in university theatre would drive me crazy. The idea of taking each line at a time, and discussing the motivations and reactions is just exhausting and frankly it makes me want to vomit.
I love thinking about each song and book on my own and engaging in a self-discussion about intention and impact. I don't like hearing how other people differently interpret the form of art that I've accepted as the truth. If someone has more conviction than I about the point of the piece of art... Well, I'm likely to believe them more.
That's when I stop listening to the song.
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