| As a musician, I often find that music can be a good | | | | our lives, we often feel that something is wrong with |
| analogy for life. Like music, life is not always in | | | | us and that life will remain in a permanent period of |
| perfect harmony or a beautiful melody. | | | | dissonance. Dissonance can sometimes be so harsh |
| Dissonance is a musical term describing a clash of | | | | that we may have forgotten the beautiful melody of |
| tones that leave a feeling of unrest in need of | | | | life. |
| completion and resolution. It is an important tool in | | | | Dissonance occurs in life. Just like in music, |
| music composition which aids interest and variety. | | | | sometimes dissonance in our life can add interest and |
| Sometimes our lives can be in a period of | | | | anticipation as well as drive us to frustration and |
| dissonance. Sometimes things are not in harmony | | | | irritation. But also like in music, dissonance in our lives |
| and leave us feeling uneasy, anxious and not fitting in. | | | | is only temporary. From the dissonance in life, our |
| If dissonance occurs in music, the listener yearns for | | | | lives eventually do return to an order which is |
| harmony and a pleasing sound to resolve the uneasy | | | | pleasing and reassuring; blending together a rich |
| feeling experienced in the dissonant sounds. Because | | | | harmony and a beautiful melody. It is then that |
| the listener knows that music is to be enjoyed, the | | | | we once again experience and fully appreciate the |
| listener also knows that the music will once again | | | | masterfully orchestrated symphony our lives were |
| return to order and beauty. | | | | meant to be. |
| When we may be going through a dissonant period in | | | | |