Song: Nostalgia
Artist: Unknown
The above song is one of the most beautiful songs on the piano I have ever heard...
so much so that I am going to do my own version of it (cover)...sometime in the future.
I will play the left hand on the piano (the continuous arpeggios)...
and I will layer in the Bass Flute for the right hand melodies.
It is so beautifully simple...
and yet...
so rich in emotion.
This song had come up on my playlist as I was leaving home on my way to fulfill
a mad craving I had for some BBQ in Woodland Park.
And the inwards journey I took as I drove there and back...
was fueled by the music by which I was transported to a place and time which was...
for me...
pure magic.
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This BBQ restaurant is famous for a very friendly and welcoming atmosphere...
along with a special style of BBQ.
Their BBQ has a mild taste...
which appeals to many people.
I almost always choose off days or hours to eat.
I ordered a BBQ pork sandwich, with a side of potato salad...
...and a half rack of BBQ pork ribs...
and a peach cobbler for dessert.
I took some of the ribs back so Bandi could also enjoy them.
As I headed back...
I again played the included deeply moving song over and over...
as I enjoyed the country drive home.
Cows are often used to keep the grass Mooed (terrible joke)...Mowed...sorry :)
I was just minutes away from my mountain ridge turnoff in this photo.
I love seeing happy animals.
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As the morning had earlier been softly accented with a beautiful Spring rain...
and as the temperature was a perfect 53 F (11.6 C)...
as I drove to town with all of the windows down...
which allowed the always refreshing country air to flow freely throughout the car...
and with this absolutely beautiful song playing over and over...
my mind went to some of my favorite memories in life.To be in a melancholy mood...
is not one of a depressed state (I have never known depression)...
but one of a sweet and deep reminiscing of truly magical times experienced...
and is to have cataloged a rich source of the most breathtaking times of the past...
of which may be freely retrieved and relived to make the present
as exquisite as were those magnificent moments permanently emblazoned upon the soul
(Not mere thoughts...but the deep emotional feelings which had initially wrung the heart).
I often alternate between being highly enthusiastic and energetic in life...
to that of being in a deeply reflective mood...
a highly creative mood...
of being in a serene world of heart swelling emotion that enriches life
to a degree that erases any past pain...
and fills any void with intense and profound sensations
of which give life its rich and savory flavors...
and sates the yearning for something more in life...
for in those moments...
there is nothing that is more ethereal and enchanting....
so acutely and sublimely felt...
that all of life takes on an awe inspiring grandeur...
in memory...in the present...and in the projected future.
Nothing in life...
stimulates my deeply treasured and sacred times of melancholy more...
than does beautiful music (especially the above song)...
and that of a magnificent display of colors in the sky...
or that of dark clouds with a whispering of rain or fog...
especially while experiencing a country drive with a refreshing breeze caressing my face...
and flowing through my hair.
It is to be as an eagle soaring at 15,000 feet...
amidst amber and pink hued clouds...
the mist cool upon my face as I fly through them
as I see the faces and actions of people with whom I had shared laughter
and times of true happiness...
and for whom I had deep affection...
all the while knowing that our limited time together made it all the more special...
and all buffered by the knowledge that while they would soon become
a ghost of the past...
the cherished memories would be forever...
hauntingly beautiful as I remembered them in times of ever sweet melancholy.
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Always embrace your emotions...
and know what stimulates them.
They are the richness of life...
and are what spur you into positive action...
which then leads you to your ultimate destination of complete and utter happiness.
Control of the self...
in body, mind, and emotions...
independent of others...
is the ultimate freedom in life.
I love life so much...
and...
yes...
I am still in a deeply rich and sweet melancholy mood...
one of life's great experiences.
