just letting your mind melt into your earbuds and letting everything happening around you be soundtracked by whatever is playing. people watching is a lot more fascinating when you canβt hear what people are saying. just make stuff up in ur head. let the music absorb you and your surroundings.
itβs so much more fun than putting in your earbuds and shutting yourself off from the world. Birds are chirping, people are talking, machines are humming, music is playing, itβs all there for you to enjoy if you allow yourself to hear it.
I am rarely caught without my headphones on, I enjoy the sensory depravation of it all however I find it contributes to this sense of derealization and disconnection from the world around me - playing music out loud places the music in the physical world and makes me feel more grounded in reality. the music interacts with the space around me and my entire body, not just inside my own head!
(1) You don't need to pump media into your brain 24/7; (2) enjoy music more by self-imposing its scarcity; (3) tune in to the vibes and sounds of the real world much like an OG earthen being; (4) looks cooler
