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There are two common avenues that people tend to find emotional peace in music and nature. Both of these can allow for one’s mind to be cleared of all of the daily tension and struggles, acting as a sort of escape. For me, the combination of both does just that. Whenever I listen to music, I tend to catch myself gazing out of a window, or looking above and around me as I walk. I look at the beauty in nature: the crystal blue skies or the swaying of tall and elegant trees in the wind. I, in a sense, synchronize the music I’m hearing with the nature around me. I see the trees dancing in a beautiful choreography, changing their movements with every note of the song. It is during these times that I experience a peace of mind, a release of tension, a sense of freedom from everyone’s eyes. I want to remind myself of that feeling every time I write, the feeling that the tension I feel every day can go away, that the stresses of daily life don’t have to barrage my mind, and that I don’t have to care about what I look like through anyone’s eyes but my own.