just venting/complimenting this incredible artist and how her work speaks to my soul <3
almost every time i feel sad, i listen to Caribbean Blue. i think it became one of my most listened songs ever, ever since i discovered her music. and it's impressive how it works everytime. it doesn't matter how dark things feel, if i feel lonely, if i feel hopeless, if i keep thinking about the past, what i didn't do, what i should've done... that instrumental starts, along with Enya's ethereal voice, and my mind already transports me to somewhere else. i imagine a very blue, turquoise sea, a green meadow shining under the sun, flowers blossoming in every color you can imagine... i think about the future, i think about everytime someone has been kind to me, every act of love i've witnessed... it takes a burden off my chest. i swear i even pay more attention to my breathing, and how the chords make me peacefully sigh.
Enya's music, to me, feels like those fantasy/adventure movies we'd watch when we were kids and that sentiment of peace, of "everything we'll be okay", that we feel by the end of the story, when the characters start walking towards the sunset. she was truly inspired when she made Caribbean Blue. and i think the music video expresses perfectly the magic feeling this song transmits, how it awakens your imagination and how there is a whole world you don't see. i'm very glad i met her work and i admire her deeply for the artistic contribution she has left for the world. she's one of those people i can't even imagine doing something else for a living, given how vocational and unique her work is. what a blessing she chose to do music.
"If all we told was turned to gold
If all we dreamed was new
Imagine sky high above
In Caribbean blue"
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