Music in Passing

Other forms of media find it easy to appeal to the senses and be aesthetically pleasing.  Television and other forms of video are fantastic in the way that they appeal to multiple senses at once, while canvas artwork, even though it appeals only to the sense of sight, can be actively analyzed while the work is being enjoyed.  Each of these can have a far deeper meaning, with many works requiring deeper thought or understanding to truly enjoy.

This is not true of music.  Music simply is.

As far as the senses are concerned, music only appeals to our sense of hearing.  That being said, the concept of synesthesia has the wonderful ability to instill in us percieved feelings of the other senses.  How else would different genres of music be described as hard or smooth?  Hell, some songs can even sound painful.  The aesthetic experience of music is one dimentional on the surface, but far deeper than one would expect.

The deeper meaning of music can also only be thought of after the music has stopped.  Unlike still artwork, music is very hard to pick apart as you're listening.  One must look back on what has already happened and what you've already heard to get the full meaning.