scrubjayspeaks | Eating Music

Just an observation, post-plague:

I appear to be fueled by singing. Until today, I hadn't felt good enough to sing. This cold/flu/thing came with a brutal cough, so my chest has been hurting. I've been listening to music while I write anyway, but today I started singing along again. It boosted my mood and generally made me feel like I had been revived at last.

I'm curious how much overlap this has with reading aloud. That's one of my best anxiety antidotes. Is it the performative nature? Do I just really need to make noises for my own enjoyment? Would recording songs be a good thing for me, like recording podfic?

Now I want to write creatures who literally subsist in music/song in some way.