Time travel is possible.

All you need is the right song.

It has been my experience - and I'm sure the experience of many people out there - that listening to music during poignant, impactful, and sometimes even trivial events during life can have the consequence of indelibly etching those moments into one's long-term memory. Later, when you listen to the song, the aural experience transports you back in time to that exact instant of intersection between space, time and sound. Immediately, the memory comes rushing back, replete with the visuals, sensations, and emotions of that now distant moment. I have no explanation for this phenomenon, nor do I have a need for one, but I do have an appreciation for it's effects.

In my vast catalogue of music, there are songs that can take me to virtually all of the places I've travelled or lived during life, from locations as far away as London to those as close as the streets I grew up on in Fairfield; songs that can bring me back to different holidays, parties, get-togethers, vacations, and reunions (Accidentally in Love, anyone?); songs that grant me renewed access to the years, eras, and junctures of growing up whether they be good or bad.

To be able to escape reality, if just for a moment, and bask in the glow of times past is a glorious thing.

(This post inspired by the sounds of Alodiah's great music.)