So I have to connect recent events in my life to something in media one? well since the only thing I’ve done this week was go to a gig on Friday so I think I’ll try to be all meta and talk about that.

My favourite thing in life is music, besides my family, whether it’s playing it or listening to it, it really get’s me to express and feel my emotions which I don’t do with people because I’m a bit closed off. But it got me thinking about how creative media is able to capture my emotions so effectively? whether it’s film, music, TV or literature, how can I relate to the works of others within the macro world more than the people or things that affect me directly within my micro world?

I think I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s because we search for and consume media that we relate to so it has to affect us because the authors are theoretically going through what we are. For example the incredible depressing love song I’m listening to was obviously written when the musician who wrote it was heartbroken and thus his words resonate with those who are heartbroken because as much as humans are emotionally complex, we are all human and there are commonalities in our lives.