Took a fitness test on an elliptical machine the last two trips to the gym, noticed my pulse RISES when listening to melancholy music, drops when listening to funk/soul.
Realistic diagnosis: memory of past dramas gets the adrenaline going.
Preferred diagnosis: I was born funky, bass is my baseline.
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I don't see why both can't be true. As Whitman says, "Every moment of light and dark is a miracle." If you only pick one, you're only embracing half a miracle–and what's the point of that ???
They can both be true. Suppose that's better than to be like Hannibal Lecter: "He listened to a song that reminded him of that heavy time spent in a clinic – and his pulse never. rose. above. 65."