bmeason
11-27-2002, 01:04 AM
When I first heard lateralus I was going to sleep and ended up drifting away during the patient, then being frightendly awoken by Fiaap de Oiad. Scared as hell I had forgotten what I was listening to. Then the high pitched hum of the grudge started up and I instantly remembered what I had been listening to when I fell asleep. I stayed up and listened to the whole album and became intranced by it.
My friends and I had been through many talks about the existance of life and the situation we all are in. What makes us tick, what we as humans all have in common. Our ideas had grown completely similar to those expressed in Lateralus. Upon hearing and dissecting Lateralus it was a great relief to know someone else out there had ideas and thoughts along our same lines. How spirtually we can all be connected and how through the right view we can overtake the black and white existance we all face and make it full of color. Ride our spiral to divinity, or the next metaphysical plane.
I was also going through tough times in my relationship with a very special and intelligent girl at that time. Lateralus' message on love (especially Parabola) gained me a very optimistic view on our love. Even though it eventually fell, the album helped me cope with regret, and turn my hate into something positive. Remember the great thing that was our love, and not holding a, excuse my pun, grudge.
The album inspired me to think and express my spirtualness and also to be happy with just experiencing love, and to also take to heart experiencing failure. A very positive and moving album, my favorite to date... of any artist. I was wondering what effect this album has had spirtually, love wise, or just in general to everyone else out there? I am really curious to see the boundless ways this album can bring our species closer.
Remember to smile, stay positive, and be creative.
-Bryan Meason
My friends and I had been through many talks about the existance of life and the situation we all are in. What makes us tick, what we as humans all have in common. Our ideas had grown completely similar to those expressed in Lateralus. Upon hearing and dissecting Lateralus it was a great relief to know someone else out there had ideas and thoughts along our same lines. How spirtually we can all be connected and how through the right view we can overtake the black and white existance we all face and make it full of color. Ride our spiral to divinity, or the next metaphysical plane.
I was also going through tough times in my relationship with a very special and intelligent girl at that time. Lateralus' message on love (especially Parabola) gained me a very optimistic view on our love. Even though it eventually fell, the album helped me cope with regret, and turn my hate into something positive. Remember the great thing that was our love, and not holding a, excuse my pun, grudge.
The album inspired me to think and express my spirtualness and also to be happy with just experiencing love, and to also take to heart experiencing failure. A very positive and moving album, my favorite to date... of any artist. I was wondering what effect this album has had spirtually, love wise, or just in general to everyone else out there? I am really curious to see the boundless ways this album can bring our species closer.
Remember to smile, stay positive, and be creative.
-Bryan Meason