Music and International Affairs

I love music. I love to listen to it and I love to make it. There's a Trans-Siberian Orchestra album with a line in the written narration, something like "Music is a heavenly language, because it doesn't need to be translated."

Right now, my favorite song is probably "Nearer, My God, to Thee". There's a place to listen to it for free here. My favorite version of it is probably the one on the allbum "Reflections Of Christ", it's number 11 on this page. The version by Voice Male is good, too.

I see music as evidence that we are spiritual beings. The idea that something as simple as sound can affect a persons emotions is crazy to me! Think about it; why does music touch us? Now granted, music affects different people to different degrees, and some just don't enjoy music much anyway, but that goes to show individuality.

There is a passage in a book called the Doctrine & Covenants that says:

 For [Heavenly Father's] soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto [Him], and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.  -Doc & Cov 25:12

In other news, this blog has had 10 pageviews from Austria, 3 from Germany, and 1 from Ukraine! Technology allows for some crazy stuff.