• Your favourite songs to lull anxiety A few weeks ago I shared a post about songs that can lull anxiety. And why. To refresh, this is the top ten list as compiled by a bunch of boffins from the British Academy of Sound Therapy: 1. Weightless 2. Electra (Airstream) 3. Mellomaniac (DJ Shah – Chill Out Mix) 4. Watermark (Enya) 5. Strawberry more
• Why songs heal anxiety (especially these ones) Music can very much help with my anxiety. It lulls, it distracts, it provides a lofty, expansive perspective from which I’m able to “see” my anxiety and ride it out. Sound therapists at the British Academy of Sound Therapy looked into why this may be so and created the most scientifically relaxing song possible. Listen to more
• more (pretty) whimsy: The Middle East Four things I like: * songs in a minor key * songs about life’s inevitabilites * new Australian bands (that aren’t force-fed to me by Triple J) * beautiful, whimsical film clip. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjB2hbMYIXo[/youtube] The colours are so pretty. They remind me of my grandmother’s tea cups. The Middle East is a collective of whimsical kids more
• i love: whimsy Right now, I’m noticing little moments of whimsy. Pockets of of creativity that explore ideas capriciously. Whimsical people are a little bit quirky, a little bit nerdy, often loners.  They were the kid who’d delicately pull apart a daisy. Or watch a worm for a full 45 minutes in a puddle. Now they create music more