Obsessions

Turns out Tuey and I have a mutual idiosyncrasy: we both listen to our favorite song of the moment on repeat until a new song becomes the favorite, at which point we listen to that song on repeat. Fortunately we have very similar taste in music - listed chronologically, are our favorite songs of the PGC experience, give or take a few.

1. John Mayer, Who Says (2009)
2. Alicia Keys, Sleeping with a Broken Heart (2009)
3. Graham Nash, Simple Man (1971)

4. Great Lake Swimmers, I am Part of a Large Family (2007)
5. Ryan Bingham, Weary Kind (2009)
6. Lykke Li, Little Bit (2007)
7. The XX, Islands (2009)

I always say that I wish I could have someone psychoanalyze me based on my top ten most played songs. In this case, I think I have a pretty clear understanding of why I was drawn to these songs in this order. The more comfortable I became here, the more open I was to listening to edgy, experimental, (or as some might say, synthetic,) music. In other words, as I settled into my Venetian lifestyle and routine and began to feel content and safe here, I was able to stretch, or open my mind, to new sounds.

Ironically, in my first post from Venice I wrote that the best way to learn is to put myself outside of my comfort zone, and here I am saying goodbye to Venice and noting that some of the best learning came in the moment when I felt comfortable again... Funny how the mind works...