You know how you can go through life not really thinking about things, never stopping to question things around you, just taking them for granted, until one day, for some reason, something hits you and changes how you see it? I felt that way about music. I have gone through life assuming everyone has always had music surrounding them. Then, one evening recently, while watching a documentary about art in the Dark Ages, it suddenly occurred to me that music was not always available to everyone. Music was only available to the wealthy (mostly royalty), directly through composers and a small groups of musicians. It is so strange to think that it was only fairly recently that people have been able to listen to whatever type of music they want…
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Art Journaling (Digital) - 1 Issue, Winter 2021