Mapped By What Surrounded Them

Obscure title for a blog. Yes, I am well aware of it. I guess I can provided some reasoning behind it. Or else, I can be cruel and let anyone reading it figure it out on their own.

Ok, I will pass on being cruel. It is the title of a song by a Scottish band called The Twilight Sad. I fell in love with their cd from 2006, Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters. Their music starts off very minimally and then builds to almost unbearable noise, with amazing use of feedback and tons of effects pedals. I would tend to describe them as a more melodic My Bloody Valentine, or a more feedback ladened The National. All of the songs are sung with the most inscrutable Scottish burr.

The song itself is a Gothic horror story about how a young girl's death haunts a large house, with lyrics like "these walls are filled with blame." I realize it is not the most "up" song to name a blog after, but it really had more to do with the tone of the song and how experiences and emotions all build up and surround someone or something and give it meaning. I have experienced lots of changes last year: losing a job, breaking up with my boyfriend of two years, and countless health issues. These experiences have all mapped me and have set me on a new path this year. If I could go back, would I want to change those experiences? Sure, no one likes to experience pain. But you learn so much more from it.