I love music. I can’t sing worth a damn, even when I’m alone in the shower. But that doesn’t stop me from singing along with my favorites. It doesn’t stop me from identifying with the lyrics or tearing up when I see a concert or video that touches something deep within me.
Books do that to me too, and movies.
As much as I find that I gather my stories from real life, the people I talk to and the people I see, it’s rare for me to feel touched by these people.
Sometimes I think I’m emotionally cut off, or devoid of compassion, then I read a book or listen to a particular cd. And then I sniffle, laugh or cry.
Is this weird? Does anyone else feel like they are not really part of the everyday world, but just an observer sometimes?
An observer that can feel more from what I read or write, what I see or hear, than from what I experience?
That reads like you’re reading my mind. I know just too well what you mean.