A small rant with music

I promise to keep this positive because that is Footle and Grok’s mandate.

Whenever I feel crushed by world events, I listen to music. For some reason, this time, it had not been helping. I had been playing upbeat, happy, inspiring music, thinking it would lift me up, but it didn’t.

So this morning, I played Mumford and Sons. I love their music, but can’t listen to them all the time because they sometimes bring me down. Apparently, that is what I needed today. I felt a little better and thought I would write about something that’s on my mind.

On Facebook, a friend posted a picture of a large metal dragon and said they needed it. Someone in the comments disagreed. They said that my friend “needed” new knees, but no one needed a huge metal dragon with all that is going on.

In my humble opinion (and this is my opinion, so no hate, please) we need art. We need music. We need books. We need ways to express ourselves when it is impossible to do otherwise. Someone made that big metal dragon (it was amazing), and if it brings a little bit of happiness and joy to my friend than she needs it.

I needed Mumford and Sons to settle my mood and would hate for someone to say that music wasn’t a need. During World War II, we had military units saving art and monuments from destruction, just as there were other people creating music, art, and books during that dark time. I’d say we need it.