79/365 - The meaning of music

I happened upon this note scrawled on the wall of one of the practice rooms when I stole an hour away from my desk to play my flute earlier today. As I warmed up with my scales and arpeggios, I thought about the student who wrote it, and I wondered what his journey will be - whether his struggle will lead him deeper into his music or drive him in search for meaning elsewhere.

What he doesn't know yet is that the profound significance he once attributed to music isn't, in fact, the music itself. Music, like all art, is merely a means of expressing who we are and how we see the world. When this student truly discovers who he is as a creative being and what he wants to give back to this world, I have no doubt music will take on a whole new purpose for him. It certainly did for me.