In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”, he shows how music is a distraction that takes away suffering, addiction, and feeling alone. In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”, the passage that was relatable to me was on page 45, the second paragraph because a song to you could have a totally different meaning to someone else. Every song has a meaning but it’s up to you to find the one that you can relate to. “And even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within, and the music enters, what we mainly hear, or hear corroborated, are personal, private, vanishing evocations”, shows something that the musician is feeling that we can’t because there’s something they are feeling that we can’t ever feel. “But the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air”, many artists deal with pain through their music which heals a piece of them and their music is reaching out to others showing which shows them they are not alone. When I’m feeling stressed out or just want a break from the world I put my headphones on and close my eyes like nothing is around me. Music is a art form that comes in different shapes and sizes no matter where your from we all listen to the same art. Music brings everyone together no matter your background or race.
