How Music Changed My Life

Fours years ago, when I was a freshman in high school, my life dramatically changed. I went from being a happy go lucky teenager to a depressed and selfless teenager. Everything around me felt like it was collapsing and I was drifting away from myself. It seemed like anything I did never went right and I always felt some sort of pain. However, it wasn’t physical pain. It was emotional pain and I wasn’t mentally stable. My mind was full of all sorts of negative thoughts and I needed to find a way to heal me. To put all of my shattered pieces back together. I think painting while listening to music can heal anyone from all negative thoughts. Not only did I experience a ton of negative thoughts from depression, but also so do many other individuals around the world still today. There are tons of triggers that can …show more content…
Her name is Laura Miller and she was diagnosed with kidney cancer after donating her other one to her brother. Laura needed something to ease her mind off of the disease, so she turned to art. She painted brightly colored watercolor paintings as a distraction. “You can’t control what’s going on in your body, but you can control what’s going on in your journal or on your canvas” (“Miller”). Something else that helps me besides just painting, is listening to music while painting. Personally, I listen to music that I love listening to on a daily basis. So that meant no country once so ever and mainly pop songs or soothing classical music. It helps me stay focused on what I’m painting and not what is going on around me. Another thing I do while listening to music and painting is I pretend to paint to music I’m listening to. I close my eyes and just let my hand and paintbrush do the work. If I’m really angry about something, I will listen to intense music and just lash out towards my canvas to release stress. Or I will listen to more settle music to calm me down and work delicately towards the