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Hello! Welcome to my column called Musings using Music. My name is Chloe and I’ve been a reporter for the Globe for just over a month now. Something you should know about me is that I absolutely love music.
I listen to as much music as I possibly can whenever (and wherever) I can — while I’m driving to and from work, washing the dishes, folding laundry, playing Wordle, making dinner… music is a necessity in my life, which is why I decided to feature music within my columns each month.
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There are many different ways in which I might do this. I could either choose a song or lyric that best represents an experience I went through, or maybe pick something that I was listening to while having this huge revelation. Or, I might just resonate with a song and share why.
I hope throughout these columns, you might find something to add to your playlist.
As this is my first column, it is important for you to know that I am obsessed with the one and only David Bowie, so background information is needed before I dive in. I was 11 years old when I was introduced to him through the movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” with Ben Stiller.
Bowie’s song “Space Oddity” was featured throughout the film and I couldn’t help but fall in love with the lyrics.
Unfortunately, just as I had discovered my true love, he passed away. I remember paying tribute by watching “The Labyrinth” and dancing around my living room in my jazz shoes to “Magic Dance.”
It did not take long for my father to spoil me with vinyl records and posters of the iconic performer. My bedroom quickly turned into a Bowie shrine. Yes, I was a weird kid, but so what? Everybody’s at least a little weird. (And I just had good taste in music.)
Moving on to the present…
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I recently had my college graduation commencement ceremony. Now, I actually graduated back in December after two and a half years at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, but they only have one commencement each year in May, so I had to wait five months to prove I really did accomplish my schooling.
The morning I put on my cap and gown felt surreal. I don’t know why it hadn’t hit me that I graduated in the five months prior, but seeing my peers in their grad get-ups made me realize this was all over — everything was changing.
It was time to turn and face the strange. And honestly, I don’t know what I was waiting for, life had thrown this change in my face months ago and I had already taken on my first job out of school. Maybe I just hadn’t accepted it yet, I still don’t know.
If it wasn’t clear by now, this month’s song is Changes by David Bowie.
Anyways, my world changed. I moved two and a half hours from my hometown to Worthington, a town I had never heard of before (and a windy one at that), to live completely on my own — no more roommates!
The people I have met here so far have been so kind and welcoming. I’m so grateful to have the lake as well. Being near a body of water is another necessity in my life. I enjoy watching the ripples change their size (while listening to music, of course).
My time here has been fascinating and I’m learning change can be really good. Pretty soon, I’m going to get older and time will change me even more (who knows where I’ll end up), but I feel a little more ready to face it.
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