An open ear

I never considered hearing to be my best sense. I've always been very creative, but that creativity has played out with touchable things-quilts, knitted scarfs or sweaters, or my garden. But yesterday, I had an experience with music that made me rethink my assessment of myself--and consider what I might have missed over the years.  

A few days ago, a fellow skater put a high-energy CD on the player. This was music we all used to skate to about 10 years ago, but somehow it had fallen out of favor--or maybe we were too lazy to bring in CDs, so we skated to the radio. I was surprised at how much better a skate I had with this fast-paced music. I skated faster, felt more energized, and skated longer than I had previously this year. Ah, maybe the music played a role?

About four years ago, I went to a HD broadcast of an opera. I have never liked opera. Too little action, too much singing about minor things, too much singing. But this HD broadcast changed everything! I fell in love, and attend operas about 10 times a season. Ah, maybe the music played a role?

So what do these two incidents have in common? Something played to the hearing sense. For more than 40 years, I always felt that hearing was my 'worst' sense. I wonder what I missed? I better keep an open ear in the future.