The driving theme of this week’s lecture revolved around the idea that just like architecture, music has been there from the beginning. A relationship exists between people and music that helps us to be able to identify feeling, and this idea is present in even the softest melodies. This is the basis for how music touches us emotionally. One point that peaked my interest during this discussion was how people need architecture. Our speaker implored the fact that we live in a constantly changing world, and it is our job as architects to make people feel through our work. Progressing to more finite and literal realms, the concept of scientifically analyzing music gave way to numerous ideas about determining why people feel the way they do when they listen to music. Looking deeper, we began to dig into the foundation of why we listen to music at all. Lastly, the conversation turned to private and public worlds, and that successfully synthesizing them in projects is a very challenging thing to do. We live in an age where barriers are constantly being broken, and where creative and abstract aspects are paramount. Once you are fully able to comprehend the craft with which you are engaged in, you will possess the ability to expand your mentality to a larger conceptual world.