Today, spontaneously, I went to a rock concert. I was invited to come with a group of friends, and, oddly enough, I went.
Usually I'd be so tired from work that I wouldn't feel like social interaction but today, I headed out. It was a tour of the front man of the band System of a Down, Serj Tankian.
It was great. Unexpectedly great. I forget about how many major formative experiences in my youth (hah!) were from live music. I love it. I love the communal nature of it, how everyone is there together for the same purpose, and I love that you can just let the music wash over you.
Even though this was an act -- hard rock -- that I wouldn't dream of usually seeing, there's something about being there and letting the music take the lead.
Someone lit a lighter during one of the songs -- I had forgotten how beautiful the æsthetic of a flame against all the shadows of heads and lights of the stage could be. I think the blue-glow of phones is lovely (particularly when we were at the Hollywood Bowl's Sound of Music sing-a-long), but it had been so long since I had seen anyone actually use a lighter. It was so bright and clear and that orange against the blue lights -- and only a flicker of it, as it was alone in the crowd. Lovely.
Now, I'm home, and off to bed, after quite a ride.
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