For this week, I really struggled as to what activity I wanted to do to get inspired. However it came to me on Monday, when I was doing work for another one of my classes. I am taking a Hip hop and blackness class and we were assigned a reading for homework, and then had to connect that reading to a rap song and write a short paper on it. I was immediately worried for that assignment because I don’t really listen to a lot of rap – and this is when I got inspired.
I’ve always loved music and I feel like it’s something that can mean so many different things to different people. Therefore, I decided through listening to types of music I typically don’t I could be inspired to feel different things through these new genre types. I began with rap, as I had had to start listening to rap for my assignment, however then it turned into listening to and learning about older music. My friend constantly makes fun of me for not knowing literally any old music, so I referred to her and I actually really enjoyed it.
I typically only stick to listening to current pop music and artists I am a big fan of, but this weeks inspiration activity made me realize it’s okay to explore other music – and you never know what it will do for you! Honestly my friend and I have now been listening to old songs all week, which couldn’t have happened if I didn’t decide to be open to these new songs which do give you different feelings and perspectives.
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