Musical connection
Sometimes being a parent has it’s unexpected rewards or serendipity factor. The other day my son Kevin mentioned to me in passing (he was in the rush out the door mode for school) that he likes the, “what’s that us and what song on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon?” I correctly filled in the missing blanks with, “Us and Them.” He said that he loved that song. I quickly mentioned what a truly symphonic experience “Dark Side” is and how it combined psychedelic, progressive and symphonic elements seemlessly. He nodded agreement and disappeared off to school.
I never “preached” my musical gospel to him. Clearly, some of it has gotten to him by osmosis. So it’s not interesting that he should know about this music, especially since we share the computer I’m typing this on. What is interesting is that he should choose to embrace it and like a lot of what I like. Maybe this is pater-narcissism but fulfilling nonertheless.
One other recent shared musical experience we had was at the Taichung Jazz Festival (picture above is from that). I highly recommend experiencing music together with your loved ones. It’s both a rich and substantive activity.
