Shiawase // Happiness

Happiness

People relates happiness too much to love. 

Why? Why don't people see that there are many other things that can make you happy.

Have a great friends, and family. Don't they also makes you happy?

Do whatever you want. Go out, have fun.  Play games. Travel. Watch TV series. Play music, do arts. Sports. Read books. Have your own time. Be closer to God. 

Hey, there are tons of way to be happy, but why people keep on chasing that sole happiness that come from... love?

Come to think of it,

That so call love bring more despair than happiness itself. One-sided love, false hope, cheated, mistreated, breakup, divorces. Heartbreaks.

Human change through time, and love might not stays.

I am not saying that love can't make you happy. It sure does in some way.

But we tend to forget that the only one true love is between you and your creator. 

Sometimes you just have to stop chasing love, and be happy as how you are now.

And who knows, maybe love will come after you had found your happiness.

Nell-Limit

The image of myself that you need..
It’s not like it’s wrong.
It’s not like it’s something to be sorry about..
But then why do you keep blaming me
What and how can I possibly do more of?

I’m just a weak human
who cries and laughs
by few words and few gestures
and few expressions and flowing feelings
What more do you expect from me?
I want to quit having to be sorry
for not being able to give you more than
what I can give.

You became different.
You changed so much.
I’m always the same but you have become different.
But have you ever thought of it reversely?

I’m just a weak human
who cries and laughs
by few words and few gestures
and few expressions and flowing feelings
What more do you expect from me?
I want to quit having to be sorry
for not being able to give you more than
what I can give.

You say it’s a meaning that is packed fully
But to me it’s just empty meaninglessness.

I’m just a weak human
who cries and laughs
by few words and few gestures
and few expressions and flowing feelings
What more do you expect from me?
I want to quit having to be sorry
for not being able to give you more than
what I can give.

20 facts about me

I just being cool since Fena tagged me with this stuff, and dont wanna mess with my instagram. So here we go.

1. I can't correctly say the alphabet 'R'
2. I got dark skin
3. I have curly hair
4. I'm underweight
5. I have rabbit teeth
6. I only have birthday once in every 4 years
7. I prefer to swallow all my bitter emotion by myself, instead of sharing with anyone. But I really like it when someone share their's to mine. It makes me feel that they trust me.
8. It's really hard for me to hate someone, and really hard to get mad.
9. I prefer to be sad, rather than be angry.
10. I'm a lazy person. But that doesn't mean that Im irresponsible.
11. I got athmatic problem.
12. I got my ego high when it's on opinion (when I have a strong reasoning on it) but I prefer my ego low when it involve others emotion.
13. I'm not good with sports, and I dont like it.
14. I'm a 'skema' person if breaking that particular rules making me a sinner.
15. Its really hard for me to get motivated. But I do my best in most of things.
16. I dislike any food with chilli. But I can eat spicy food.
17. I like it when people being honest with me.
18. I love art so much, especially music.
19. I dont judge people by its pass. I judge people by its 'deen'.
20. I love Allah, Prophet Muhammad, my family, my friends, and my 'calon isteri'.

Life Hack 101: How to be Happy in life

1. Obey Allah and follow the teaching of His messenger, Muhammad s.a.w. If you really good at this, then you can just forget those how-to below.

2. Respect your parents. Do not be rude to them. No matter what they had done to you, you should never be rude to them.

3. Be grateful in every little thing in life.

4. Live your life as how it is now. Don't stuck on past, and don't think too much on the future.

5. Always think before you act.

6. Make someone else happy. Trust me, you will be happy too.

7. Lessen your hatred towards people. Remember two things; i) People can change. ii) Everyone is not perfect. So do you.

8. If you feel so sad; Go cry alot, but make sure you would not cry for the same reason again. Go have fun with your family, friends or lover. Forget about the things that makes you sad. Life is too short to be sad all the time.

9. Husnudzon to people as long as the bad thing you think about them is not reveal as a fact. Remember, each of our bad thought is not from our own self, its from our Qarin.

10. Be honest to people.

11. Be forgiving and ask for forgiveness if you do wrong.

12. Do whatever makes you happy. But always remember, this happiness is temporary, what we really want is the eternal happiness hereafter.

13. No matter what happen, always remember; Everything happen for a reason, something happen to change the season.

Passion

Ada sorang member aku encourage aku utk bergiat balik dlm bidang music ni. So, here I am.
Sementara cuti ni, aku buat lagu. Main game pun kadang2 je. Focus lebih kat bidang music ni, sbb passion aku dah kembali.

Yeah, passion aku dlm bidang ni. Kalau xkerana passion, tak mampu aku nk fokus lama2 depan laptop, pastu tarik gitar, pastu depan laptop balik. Korang mungkin tgk lagu 3minit tu nmpk simple, tp hakikatnya xsemudah yg disangka. Drum roll, gitar, bass tab, lead, select plugin, settings. I try my best to remake all songs 1by1.

About Zero Range. Aku rasa now aku nak gerak solo je. Theory music dah ada, cukuplah sekadar aku mampu buat lagu2 ZR balik secara solo. Cuma suara aku yg meow meow ni xla sebagus Lazman Lee (tu yg aku rasa). Sebut R pun xbetul. But still thats it for ZR. Aku xnak kata ZR disband, tp aku nk tunggu org lain dlm ZR yg nk hidupkan balik. Bila org dah xda minat, buat apa nk paksa.

And pasal sokongan. Aku tau, ada yg memperlekehkan. Ada yg xamik kesah pun. Nak click ''play'' tu pun berat, inikan pulak nk bg pendapat. Yes, I know. Aku sedar, aku bukan bagus mana pun. Bukan best pon lagu aku, haha. Xkan la smpai nak kena pm sesorang pass lagu, dah mcm desperados pulak.

But still, Im doing what I love to do, and what I can do. Tak kesah la apa org nak kata cos I still got few friends that keep on supporting me, family, ひかり by my side. That's enough to keep me on track. Dgn bagi idea, bg semangat , dan ada yg sanggup nk cover lagu aku. Thank you so much.

Last but not least, here's my soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/awie-eijishi. Kalau rasa rajin, dengar la lagu baru aku dlm tu, titled My Sacrifice. Kalau lagi rajin, komen sekali.

Peace.

Long time no see

So, yeah. 

It has been a long time since the last time Im here. 

Too many ideas but too lazy to write it down. 

Too bad.

zzz

I'm a happy go lucky person, but that doesn't mean that I can't be serious. When I'm serious, I hope you guys do the same. There's always a limit in acting childishly.

Feel so messed up till no song in the iTunes suits my mood now. zzz.

Pair of Wings

Hope and Fear is like a pair of wings. You need both to fly- Imam Maturidi. 

Taken from Matluthfi vid titled ''Sebelah Sayap". The main point of the vid is how people try to solve problematic person with own different ways.

Most of people noticed how the ''Islamic'' dude do it wrongly, when Mat Lutfi do the right thing, in helping his housemate that suffer alcohol addiction.

But do you guys ever questioned yourself, which type of person you are?

Honestly, I can see most of people around me, keep abandoning problematic person.

''Lantak dia lah, dia dah besar'',

"Bukan tak nasihat, tapi dia yg tak nak dgr",

"Ni salah mak bapak dia lah, dia jadi mcm ni",

Don't you think that those words can be considered as running away from them? Why? Do you feel afraid that you would be the same?

Or you just simple don't care to help them at all?

And honestly, I'm also sometimes do the same thing. Running away.

Even when we're little, our parents already teach us ''jgn kawan dgn budak tu, dia nakal". There's a logic in their words at that time, but now we can already think which thing is bad, which thing is good. Still afraid?

If we want to help someone, put ourself into their position first. Feel his problem, find the source. And try to help in istiqamah way. That's what I believe, and what I trying to do.

Instead of just making our heart speak, make our mouth say it ! Take action ! That's what friends are for. Help who in need, not simply left them.

..If bad people only gather with their kind of people..

..and good people only gather with their kind of people..

..then until forever those tainted heart won't change..

..unless its by Allah's will..

The people who left behind.

Everyone still happy with the digree intake result. Most of my friends get the chance to further their studies. Yeah, I do feel happy too. But still, I got this mix feeling. I feel abit sad. For those who left behind.

That 19th July, I check the Penerapan result with my handphone. And the result ''tidak berjaya'' pop out. I check my IC number and key in multiple times but still nothing changed. The feeling of despair,broken, sad, confusion. My eyes starts to get teary and questioned myself ''Did I mistakenly fill in the application form?", "Did they consider my C in Thermodynamics subject as not-fit-to-study in Mechy?", "Or did they mistakenly put my name out from the list?", ''what should I do now?"

But then,a few minutes later, Zabid tell me where exactly I should click. By then I know I clicked the wrong link. And I did get the chance to further my study in EM220, at UiTM Shah Alam. Alhamdulillah. I directly sujud syukur at that time.

Allah give me that few minutes feeling of someone who didn't get the chance to further his studies. Its really painful. At that time I realize, Im not that strong to face failure.

The people who left behind, isn't just them who ''tidak berjaya'' in the application. People who still didn't finish their diploma journey also being left behind, and people who stop the journey mid way. Surely in their mind, they will keep thinking ''It would be nice if Im moving with the same phase with my friends....''.

For my friends that still on your diploma journey, especially Haidhar, please don't give up. Finish the things that you had started. We all have different paths, but in the end, the destination is still the same. For our brighter future, and for the knowledge. You can do it, I believe in you. I know that one day you will be the architect that build my house.

And for Noa, you're not stuck with time, but you're stuck with the place. Honestly, I really hope that we can together go to UiTM Shah Alam, but Allah is the best planner. Maybe He want you to accompany Haidhar there. Well atleast you got Anip with you. Now Its time for us to depart.

Im gonna miss both of you there. I dont care if this sounds gay or not. I bet I can't have much laughter without both of you guys.

Now we still got time to hangout. And hopefully, we're gonna meet again during holidays later. Or we can always meet in Legendia.

Every good thing will have its end

>_<

Working pt.2

I've been working around 3 weeks. It's quite tiring because I don't have shift. From 10am until 10.30pm. And it's repeated almost everyday. But it feels really good because finally I can set my mind to rest, and my body do all the work.

Just like what Faki said, ''bila duduk rumah lama-lama, mula la terfikir bnda ni la, bnda tu la". So getting busy is really a good thing. It's like I put my mind into a limbo, and my body stays in reality. (When you wanna work aa Faki? haha )

There are 4 people that work together with me. My uncle, Kak Is, Nuoy and Ahdeq. Ahdeq just work as a part timer here. Its really funny when I have a conversation with Kak Is using 'Kak Is-saya' because Nuoy just used 'aku-ko' with her. It's funny because they will suddenly change into 'akak-adik' conversation infront of me. Haha. Well I feel like its important to put 'kak' for girls that is older than me (although some says they don't like it). I feel more comfortable. I really do wanna call Wawa with Kak Wawa but considering none of the boys use it so.....I just call her Wawa.

One thing that I feel really weird is that I suddenly become more sensitive these days. There's a time when a family with their children that suffer retardation come to the counter to order Nasi Ayam from me, I'm stunned and nearly cried.
Listening to sad song also become dangerous as it immediately change my mood =_=''

Other than that,I feel isolated with people working around here.Feels like I'm a total stranger. How come yesterday the casher girl from the beverages stall asked me ''kerja sini ke?'' when I'd already work here this long. Or maybe she just wanna have a chat, but asking that question aa..ask other thing cannot meh? @_@

The only people I recognized come to RTC Gopeng is one of UiTM Penang ENT lecturer and Nurakmal's family. Her father, mom and sister. It's funny because Pakcik Azizan wears blue T-shirt with "Azizan'' name on it. Then I immediately check Akmal's FB to confirm it's her father >_< . Akmal lazy to follow them, wew.

Last but not least, the danger will be far away from now. So I'm safe for now. But still I got this mixed feelings. Aiyaa.......  *Bang head on wall*

Working

I'd started to work at my uncle's Chicken Rice shop, at RTC Gopeng. This is the 2nd days. Quite tiring, been doing all sort of work. From casher till cooking. But still it's fun to learn all sort of things.

But being busy is a good thing, because I can distract my mind from keep thinking of thattttaannnywayy..

It feel so good to say thank you, and smile to so many strangers each day :D

Come visit me here, keke

A Diploma Story, Episode 0: Time Spent Walking Through Memories

I am afraid. Each time I click on this orange-B sign, I feel really afraid, and sad.

Because the only thing that will cross my mind, is about past memories. And as my finger dancing on this keyboard, I feel that my mind becoming numb and dull. Feels like I'm forcing my fingers to move, to write here.

This feeling, it is the same as when I'm leaving my beloved high school.

It feels like, watching the last episode of a very good drama series. You know it's the last episode, and you just hope that time would move slower, so that you can enjoy the very last moment of it. 

And when it's over, you will be asking ''Is that it? I need more.''  

3 years had passed and I'd already finish my diploma in Mechanical Engineering at UiTM Pulau Pinang. Too many things happen, too many things that I had learn. And now, It's a bitter time for me to say goodbye to friends, lecturers, Casa Prima, and UiTM Pulau Pinang. Arigatou..Sayonara..

The 4 Seasons lyric

A day in 2010. I'm in the class, too immerse in finishing The 4 Seasons lyric..........and its done! after a few days, the lyric is finally complete! Right on time,the school bell rings, well its time to go to physic class.

In Physic lab;

''Akmal, see this, our new song the 4season lyric is complete !'' I said to Gin, while showing the lyric to him.

''Woaaahh gimme that wanna read !" Said him.

Without we realise, Cikgu Naziha had started her teaching. Yet, the lyric sheet is pass from one person to another around our table. Zeroes sit in the same table at that time.

"Awie ! what's that? give me" Said Cikgu Naziha.

"Err, lyric cikgu." I replied.

I stand up, and give to Cikgu Naziha. Hoping that she didn't tear it up. For a moment, she read the lyric...

" Ishhh this lyric is so jiwang. Let me hold on to this until this class is finish" Said Cikgu Naziha while smirking at us.

After the class is over;

"Cikgu, this is not a love song. It's about us form 5 students, that will leave this school" I explain it to Cikgu Naziha.

" I see. Well, you guys should let me hear it then." She said.



There are around 10 songs that I had composed so far, and the 4 seasons is my favourite one. I know, im still an amature. I'm not sure what old timer composer would say when they see the 4season music arrangement, vocal notes and stuff.. but hey ! Atleast its something that came out deep from my heart.

Here it is,

Ku, hanya mampu menanti,
Menanti saatku, berlalu pergi,

Ku, rasakan sebak di dada,
Sakitnya menahan titisan air mata

Waktu, remaja hanya sekali,
Ianya datang, dan berlalu pergi

Kini semua hanya tinggal,
Tinggal kenangan

Saat kita bersama,
Tak dilupakan

Tabahkan hati, ini kenyataan,

Kenyataan ini amat, menyakitkan
Kenyataan ini amat, menyedihkan.

Inilah dia, takdir kita.

Dan ku, teruskan hidupku,
Semua ini pengalaman manisku.

Kita, kan berpisah di sini,
Sampai nanti kita bertemu lagi,
Walau ku harap saat terhenti,
Namun kini ingin ku katakan.

Selamat tinggal.



PS: actually I wanna compose 4season part 2. For people in UiTM Penang. I'll do it, maybe :)

Conviction (Something to keep safe)

Too many things happen these past years. Too many things to say.

I dont know from which I should start.

Whether the words later will reach personas.

I'm not sure,

but still, I will gather the strength to keep on writing here.

In the game of cat and mouse, it's really tiring.

Because the fact is, there's too many things that too good to be true.

Thats It !

*BOOOMM*

Its like a hit to the face, adoiyaii..

tiba2 terfikir pula kan.. so wanna share it here..here it is

Mungkin Allah belum temukan aku dgn jodohku kerana belum cukup sempurna imanku !

BANG BANG BOOM ! rasa mcm terkena straight to the face.. my own thought, give me facepalm..

This is it ! an accurate reason.. this is the answer

Yela, kalau iman sendiri tak terjaga, cemana nk jaga iman org lain betul tak?

well maybe I should change little by little. Mana2 kurang tu kena repair. InsyaAllah.

Thin line

A thin line, that no one would notice.

It goes naturally.

But that thin line,

seperates between the one that being remember and the one that being forget.

It's not changes, it's just a travel.

Between sides.

Finally

Ulasan gambar: Mempunyai kekasih calon isteri tidak semestinya sama dengan bercouple. Ibarat orang yang sudah bertunang, maka tunang itu adalah calon isterinya dan juga kekasihnya.  Selagi mereka tidak berdua2an dan melanggar batas2 syarak, maka hukumnya harus. Bercouple yang berkepit ke sana ke kemari berdua2an itu yang haram.

Haa kan? Its all depends on the individual. Tak semestinya pasangan couple tu semestinya buat maksiat.. gunakan masa untuk planning waktu utk kahwin.. ala senang crite kalau setuju, nikah gantung jela terus, xya nk couple2.. xD

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Hoorayy~ haha maybe this is actually nothing , but woaah~ finally right?

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Drama Swasta Result Exam.. wew

Omoo baru aku perasan aku terlupa nak post ni xD.. so here it is.. 

Alhamdulillah, semester ni aku berjaya mengalahkan diri aku pada sem lepas.. semua kerana bantuan Allah SWT terhadap hambanya yg lemah mcm aku ni..
Mcm biasalah, bila kluar result, yg berjaya gembira, yg kurang berjaya berduka.. tu smua tak boleh nak dielakkan kerana kita semua manusia biasa..ye tak?

Bila timbul isu result ni, mcm2 le drama yg berlaku.. Tanpa melengahkan masa, ayuh kita lihat drama2 yg berlaku..


Ilmu vs Pointer Semasa,

Kadang2 kita lupa apa tujuan kita menuntut ilmu itu sendiri.. cuba kita fikirkan balik, kita kejar ilmu atau kita kejar pointer? sbgai student sendiri, aku faham.. pointer ni penting,. sbb ia akan tertera pada sijil diploma kita nanti.. tapi, mana datang kerberkatan dalam menimba ilmu jika kita hanya mengejar pointer semata-mata?


Definisi Ilmu/Pointer dari pemahaman aku sendiri,

Ilmu-Segala apa yg dipelajari sepanjang semester, sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung. Datangnya dari pelbagai sumber, sama ada pensyarah, buku, rakan-rakan,dan ahli keluarga sendiri. Melibatkan kefahaman dan rasa ingin tahu pelajar itu sendiri.

Pointer Semasa-Apa yg dijawab dlm helaian kertas, dlm tempoh 2-3jam menggunakan pngetahuan ttg apa yg dipelajari dlm tempoh 1 semester.

Jadi, wajar ke kalau segala apa yg dipelajari dalam satu semester hanya diukur dlm masa hanya 2-3 jam? Bukan tu je, ada pula insan yg tak sihat time exam, atau menghadapi stress, kemurungan akibat kematian ahli keluarga, dan beraneka lagi faktor yg mengakibatkan seseorang tu hilang tumpuan.

Tak munasabah kalau kita jadikan pointer itu semata-mata sebagai kayu ukuran. Segala ilmu yg diperolehi dan difahami sepanjang pembelajaran dlm semester itu jauh lebih bermakna dan tidak perlu diukur-ukur dan dibanding-banding dgn kawan-kawan lain.

Result tu rezeki dari Allah,.. ada yg dpt lebih, ada yg kurang,. ada yg Allah jadikan sbgai ujian kepada kita..
Sebaliknya, Ilmu itu anugerah iaitu rezeki mutlak dari Allah,. bersyukurlah sbb kita masih diberi peluang utk menimba ilmu.. Ingat, ada bnyak insan diluar sana yg inginkan tempat anda sekarang..


Usaha dan Tawakkal,

Kalau nk berjaya tu, sure2 la perlukan usaha.. tipu la klau nk kata seseorang tu berjaya tanpa sebarang usaha.. Tetapi, antara perkara yg aku perasan la, masyarakat kita ni selalu sgt mempertikaikan usaha seseorang.. antara ayat2 yg femes dikatakan mcm ni-

 ''minah ni study sikit2 je tapi score gak time exam, aku study penat2 xscore pun''.. 

Satu la bnda yg aku nk tanya kpd insan2 yg mempertikaikan usaha org lain.. 

Korang pasang CCTV ke kat sekitar dorang sampai korang boleh sure usaha dorang ni sikit je? 

Bnyk bnda yg perlu korang ambil kira dlm bab belajar ni,..tak perlu la nk mempertikaikan usaha seseorang itu, sebaliknya muhasabah diri tu sendiri.. seperkara lagi yg sering org lupa, ialah tawakkal individu lain itu sendiri.. mungkin Allah menerima doa dia.. mungkin usaha dia dlm berdoa kepada Allah lebih dari kita sendiri..who knows? 

Bila menghadapi kegagalan,

"Failure in life is not the main problem.. the main problem is when you give up and don't want to stand up after the failure.."

Don't give up ! selagi ada peluang, teruskan dgn jalan yg telah dipilih, sehinggalah Allah menutup jalan itu sendiri, supaya kita memilih jalan yg lebih baik In sya Allah.. Jalan bukan penentu, tetapi destinasi itu sendiri.. ada jalan yg jauh, jalan yg berliku, jalan shortcut, ada yg jalan kaki, yg naik kereta, naik kuda, naik harimau.. tp matlamatnya masih destinasi.. kita ni masih muda, comei2 lagi.. perjalanan kita masih jauh,. so jgn putus asa, teruskan perjalanan menuju destinasi masing2..

Sebagai kawan pula, tak perlulah nk cari salah mereka yg menghadapi kegagalan.. sbb mereka lebih kenal diri mereka sendiri.. biar mereka muhasabah diri mereka sendiri,. nk nasihat pun, tunggu dia dah cooldown dulu,. bukan time2 tu direct nk point itu-ini.. 

Nak tgk korang jenis kawan yg mana, tgk kartun begip aku kat bawah ni,

click image to enlarge

So, which type are you? Nasihat awal2, or bila member tu dah kena baru nak bising, baru nk nasihat? Ukur baju di badan sendiri.

That's all folks.Lets us pray for a better future for all of us. Amin. 

Thomas J. Bergersen

If you just put music as something to be heard when you're bored, then don't read this. Sit back and "enjoy" your favorite-one and only page,Facebook. These words by a professional musician,. a composer.. that had create phenomena..

If you really love music, then read this with an open mind.

"I just wanted to say a few things on dubstep, as some people seem to focus on it, not as the musical device that it is, but rather its status in our culture and society. People identify themselves through music, and express themselves through their taste in music. Sometimes people get so caught up in the attributions of genres that they forget what music is about in the first place. They limit themselves to certain styles because their mind is not free. Music can and should be enjoyed across all genres, regardless of social value, political statement, mainstream success, stigma and so on, because great talent is to be found in every aspect of art, from the popular to the most obscure and unknown. Dubstep has a perceived low social value because of widespread misconceptions, ignorance and bitterness. Bitterness from the UK and surrounding cultures because the US dubstep variant, Brostep, by proxy of the masterful producer Skrillex became an overnight phenomenon that completely overshadowed a decade or so of dubstep history from the country and followers of origin. Ignorance, because people do not understand the considerable talent and work that goes into high quality music of any genre, and finally misconceptions because people think dubstep is written exclusively by teenagers with laptops, no musical education or comprehension of simple musical concepts and theory. Classical music, contemporary and
traditional is considered "sophisticated", "academic", "intelligent" and so on, because the ignorant consensus is that it "obviously requires a much greater mind and skillset to write music for something as complex as an orchestra". Thus, so-called "elitist" and "purist" followers of classical/orchestral music are born, and they, like every other culturally selective group in society stick together to spread the message that the music and art that they identify themselves by is vastly superior to that which the unwashed masses enjoy, such as Justin Bieber and Skrillex.


As someone who has written music for orchestras, choirs, metal bands, trance, country, bubblegum pop, hollywood movies and tv jingles I can assure you that neither musical genre is more sophisticated, intelligent or difficult to do than another. I feel compelled to address the gross ignorance that is displayed increasingly frequent when people trash great pop acts of our time such as Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and so on. The collective talent, musicianship, intelligence and hard work behind these acts is unparalleled. There is a reason why these people are popular, and it's not the image or look that they carry. The music may not be to your taste, but be honest with yourself and man enough to admit that the reason you don't listen to Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga is because of its perceived social stigma, your own ego and/or your views on manufactured talent packages. I myself choose to keep an open mind and never ever mix music and art with politics or as a social affiliation and identification factor. Wherever great men pave new road, greater minds will follow, and the collective great minds will eventually reach the limits of what we are intellectually capable of, only to carry this knowledge forth into new fields of discovery. 

The principle of evolution is as sound in the context of music as in the context of nature. Do you follow the herd or is your mind free? Think about it. Do you identify yourself through music? Do you hide behind it or do you actually choose to be free and embrace everything without prejudice? Life is so rich and full of beauty, and art is truly limitless, so why limit ourselves to the sheep mentality in our appreciation of it? Embrace without prejudice and cultivate that which resonates within you, not what resonates with others."- Thomas J. Bergersen