You've made it your story, and that's wonderful. That's kind of the mirror effect of art, really. But reminding ourselves of that, I think really helps. And then the other idea is just to remember that we reclaim music all the time when we learn about maybe an artist's belief that doesn't align with ours. I certainly feel that way when I listen to the Smith
charissa griffin
@Yogalady12 · 1:22
Very interesting concept. And I agree with the psychology of shifting your emotional attachment to a particular item, whether it's music, a picture or a place, and resonating with the fact that there is a positive rather than a negative emotion that can conjure up when you listen to a music or you go to a particular place or you see a particular item that reminds you of something that traumatized you. Everything is a growing and learning and feeling process, not to run from it, but to embrace it
Tim Ereneta
@Tim · 2:10
Hey, Jessica, I really appreciate this post and particularly thinking about my son who's going through a breakup right now, and I imagine I'm not sure I'm going to ask him about it, but I imagine that he definitely have musical associations that he needs to distance himself from
Jessica McMillan
@JLMcMillan · 2:07
Maybe if it ends up in a commercial, or if we have a redneck friend who likes it, that happens for me because I'm Canadian, and I'm a really big fan of the tragically hip. And there's a lot of what I would call troglodytes who go to their shows, makes for a little bit of anxiety inducing Stadium situation for me. But anyway, I think we're always finding new ways to make music ours. And this is just another one of them