Musical Minutes

Remember those teenage years when you listed 'listening to music' as an actual hobby? Everyday, I'm faced with students telling me this is one of their favorite past-times, and I have totally forgotten how to do it!
To reconnect to my love of music, I decided to set aside 5 minutes once a week, to just listen to music.

Picture by Gabriella Fabbri

Go somewhere you can be undisturbed. Lie or sit down and relax.
Put on one of your all time favorite songs. Most songs don't last longer than 5 minutes, if yours does (If it's Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, for example), then either choose to spend more time on this activity, or split it up in different sessions (although that's kinda frustrating). 
Put on the song and listen to it carefully. Close your eyes, don't sing along. Just listen.
Try to forget what comes next and let the music take over.

Music with stories is great for this. My all time favorite song to savor? Loreena McKennitt's Lady of Shallot from her album The Visit. That's for those of you who have 11:30 minutes to spare instead of five.

What songs do you listen to over and over? What are they about, mostly?