Last weekend was my high school’s
district music festival, and my brother had a lot of performances during the
weekend, so I decided to go to Deer Lodge, where it was being held, and watch
him perform. Now of course I can go ahead and say that this reminded me off all
the stories in Ovid’s Metamorphoses like Orpheus or just how every story is
basically in a song/poem form. But I’ll save that for later in my paper.
During
the weekend my brother was in a whole array of different ensembles ranging from;
jazz band, jazz choir, to the all-male choir. But the two he really cared about
and the ones I really wanted to watch were his two solos, for the drum and his
vocal solo. On his snare drum solo he got a superior rating, which means he is
going to state to perform there, and oh man was did he nail that solo. I was
very impressed with him, and so proud. For his vocal solo he got an excellent
rating but the thing that I was really surprised with was that when I was a
senior in high school I did a vocal solo and did a song called The Black Dress
and got an excellent rating. And the solo that my brother happened to do was
called The Black Dress and got an excellent rating, just like me. To me it is
such a coincidence that on my brother’s first vocal solo, he did the same exact
song as my first vocal solo. And he had no idea either. But this call has
taught me that there are no such things as coincidences.
This is
probably the biggest connection I have had between what I’ve learned and
discovered in this class and my life. I mean do see a lot of little things now,
when I actually pay attention, because of this class, but some things I have
trouble, like seeing trees everywhere, I don’t really because I have really bad
eyesight. Another big connection that I see is the connection between all of
the religions and what they believe. The big one I see between them is the god
or gods that they believe in. they all believe in one leader or king god then
smaller one sunder him. Like the Greek and Roman’s belief with Juno and Zeus or
Catholic belief of God then the lower ones like Jesus, Virgin Mary, and all of
the saints.
Now
back to my brother’s vocal solo. Not only was I kind of freaking out about how
he chose the same song I did, I was also reminded of two stories from Ovid’s
Metamorphoses, the one about Orpheus and the one about Narcissist and Echo.
The
reason I was reminded about the story of Orpheus was not really for the about
how he lost his love or how she turned to stone but more of how good a singer
he was. It’s told that Orpheus was the first one to make the Fates shed a tear,
but let me tell you, my brother Justin, would be the second if given the
chance.
Now
the reason I thought of the story about Narcissist and Echo is because of the
story that the song “The Black Dress” tells. It tells the story of how a girl
falls madly in love with a boy, who makes it seem like he is also madly in love
with her. But then, out of nowhere, he tells her that he never wants to see her
again and when she asks why he just laughs at her. Then runs home crying but
then decides that he is not worth it. This is very similar to the story of
Echo, which is why it reminded me of it, just how Echo falls in love with this
guy, Narcissist, but he is basically like get away from me then she gets really
sad.
In
conclusion, I want to say just how similar everything in life really is, and
just how even the smallest of coincidences are not really coincidences at all.
Also that everything has something to do with mythology. After taking this
class it makes me realize just how many different aspects of my life are
affected by mythology, and remember, nothing is a coincidence.
