Hanging out at Starbucks, like I do... I've listened to an awful lot of background music. Most often they play old crooner type songs (Frank Sinatra, etc.) or, what I would call, Jazz... Now, I've never been a big fan of Jazz. Not my music type at all!! Mind you, I've never really listened to it either.... or given it a chance! But now... with digital TV... there are all sorts of music channels at the mid-range and there's at least three that are music channels... It's like having a satellite radio... So, I've started listening to these channels as background noise at home and... I have to admit... I am actually liking them!! I find them very soothing and great background for anything creative.... like cooking or writing... They usually have a nice flow and it's easy to ride the wave of the music and just see where it carries me...
I've read somewhere... don't ask me where... that we grow into different genres of music throughout our lifetime... Maybe Jazz is something like that... Something that one grows into at a certain point in one's life... Not to say that early is necessarily better... it's just different for each and every one of us...
Which just goes to show... it's never too late to learn new tricks or learn something different... or get caught with something that surprises you... It's good to know that there are still surprises out in the world... things that I can learn from... things with which I can stretch myself... There's always other possibilities out there... And something that never seemed to be my "thing" a decade ago... might actually surprise me in the now... like oatmeal... and Jazz... and who knows what might come next!
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