Waltz in the 4th Dimension

So, I don't know who all listens to Classical music, but I hear it has something special about it. I mean I think it does have something special about it. Sigh... and right about now I'm remembering that piece from Chopin's Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Major. Okay I'm not going to write about classical music and its beauty. But I have to admit, it does have its wonders. I've heard it makes kids smarter, especially when pregnant mothers listen to Mozart and Beethoven. I don't know, I wish my mother played it... haha.. ya well.. Too bad. So I was reading this book called This is your brain on music by Daniel Levitin. Absolutely brilliant.It describes its workings on the brain and the physics of music. Its pretty enlightening. After reading it twice, I went online to research similar books, and came across this site which talks about music and its soothing effects on the mind. Trust me, the first thing that came to my mind was Chopin and more Chopin. I think, you can tell, I'm obsessed. But I mean Mozart, Beethoven, Bach,Schumann are absolutely brilliant as well. I mean I never understood classical music, but after I had an acquaintance give me this moving speech on Beethoven's 9th and Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in Gminor and the hidden masonic references in The Magic Flute, I was seriously intrigued. So yeah, thats how I got interested. But, back to the website I came across. It spoke of the healing powers of soft soothing music on the human mind and how research showed that when plants are exposed to calming music, they tend to grow towards the speaker. While, they grew away from the speaker which "blared Rock and Roll",(Led Zeppelin, to be more specific) Have to say I almost choked on my coffee. Hm.. sounds a bit biased does it not? I ignored my inner mortification, being the Led Zeppelin fan that I am and read on. I came across a passage about how research also showed that when two people from the opposite sex were left in a room that has "Jazz and Pop music," they were more likely to get "personal and familiar" with each other quicker as compared to when they had "soft soothing music" playing in the background.
I don't know how far any of this is true, and I respect anyone who thinks so. But for me, music isn't an evil force. I can listen to anything from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell to Schubert to Led Zepp to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to of course my guilty pleasure, Arch Enemy. Music is just music for me, and much more.
In the words of Henri Frederic Amiel, "Music is harmony, harmony is perfection,perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven"