... it. Music is my personal therapy. Getting away from the reality of today is as quick and easy as pushing the play button on my CD player. Listening to the notes and beats of one song, or the lyrics of another takes my mind and imagination to a place with perfect staccato rhythms, where everything is the way it is made to ... me excited and happy. Anytime I need the atmosphere around me to complement my mood, simply browsing through my collection of CDs will do just that. Thus, music becomes therapeutic in a sense. Also, music is thought-provoking. I cannot think of a time when my though...

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I believe the concept of Apollo and Dionysus can be best described in a social sense. Apollo would be the part of a person that wants to spend the night alone in his or her apartment curled up next to a fire listening to some Beethoven or Brahms ... in the heavens with the rest of the gods representing a very serene and peaceful lifestyle. Dionysus on the other hand dwelled on the lower ground with the mortals, in the common. This contrast between heaven and hell can be seen today in our churches. Everything beautiful and calming such as stain glass windows are set up high and out of reach ....

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