Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A One-Word Essay: "Escape"


One word: "escape"



es·cape 
/iˈskāp/
Verb
Break free from confinement or control.
Noun
An act of breaking free from confinement or control.



What does escape mean to you? For some people, "escape" means something they can do to get away from everything else. For others, "escape" could literally mean getting away from somewhere. Therefore, depending on the context, "escape" could mean a lot of things. 

To me, "escape" means something that will completely take me away from everything else. My main "escape" happens to be music. As I've discussed before, music does a lot for me. It takes me places that nothing else can, and also lifts me when nothing else can. Through music, I’m able to express almost exactly how I feel. It’s almost as if the artist or composer of the song has written something specifically for me. It’s amazing!

Music then becomes my escape because not only does it express exactly how I feel, but I’m able to get lost in what the song is trying to convey to its listeners. Whether it’s the lyrics, or the melody, or the overall emotion of the song, something always captures my attention in such a great way that I’m forced to stay and listen to the song.

Music becomes my escape because I am able to get so lost in what I’m listening to, that I forget about anything I was worried about prior to listening to a specific song. For instance, I could have had a horrible week, been stressed out because I was going to have not only a Chemistry test, but also an Algebra II test, not gotten much sleep, or even fallen behind on schoolwork, yet once I get into my car and that one upbeat song blasts through my speakers, I'm in a completely different world than I was before. It's almost as if, for a few moments, everything else drifts away and all I'm left with is the hype of the song and the catchy lyrics. 

Music allows me to escape. And that is exactly, and solely what I think of when I think of "escape". I think of music, and only music

What do you think of when you think of "escape"?



                                                 ~Taylor xx



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