i love how music can give you purpose. when you wake up with a song in mind and put it on your stereo, by the first notes it's like a cup of coffee for your being. you think about what you will do with your day if you have no plans, and if you have plans they are accentuated and now have a soundtrack.   what is it about music that does this? i always go to the melodies before the words, the tones before the rhythms. and when they stay with me, they are always in short samples that play in constant loops: the acsending arpegio, the moment when the singer's voice breaks/when the humanity is present.   i am thankful for it.