What is religion to me?

Speaking of "religion", I say Chiristianity, Islum, Judaism, Bhuddism and etc like big, popular religions. But in Japan, those religions are a minoriy, or religion itself seems unfamiliar with people.
Im taking Theme writing and one classmate wrote about the religion in Japan, or the difference between God and Kami(神). I forgot about the plot and I dont know anything about religion, but it exists in Japan like animism while the concept is different from other religions. So even though Im not religious, I might believe in the certain belief un conciously.

Basically, religions are for saving religious people from pain or suffering, I think. but wars have been happening and discriminations occur because of them sometimes. If it rubs people of hapiness, it is not necessary, I think. I mean some religious people misunderstand the real message, which is never to hurt people. religion itself is very intersting if it's not used in a wrong way.
But the situation is more complicated

Anyways, religion has had a huge impact on the politics, art, music, economy, the way people are. In terms of that, It is very interesting. I respect that.

Glee

Im so into Glee that is an American drama these days. I've never watched any American drama before because it is long like season 1~9 and I'll be tired from watching it because I have no concentration.

The highlight is absolutely Glee. They cover a variety of songs. from Journey, AC/DC, KISS, The Beatles to Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Cee lo Green or etc. Some people think original is the best, and I think that is fine. But some of these covers are also exciting because the casts can really sing well. I dont care if its original or cover and I'm sure these songs make you want to move.


This is one of the covers that is mashup from Umbrella by Rihanna and Singing in the rain by Gene Kelly.

Umbrella/Rihanna

Singing in the Rain/Gene Kelly

I hope you'll like it!

My Second Draft

Invisible

I'm invisible.
No light, no shadow
I'm invisible.
No air, no sound
Nobody knows silent screams

I'm invincible.
No hurt, no pain.
They never get in the way of me
Because I'm invisible.
No facing, no escaping.
Emotions even ignore me.

When I speak, some will deny.
When I look, some will defy.
Bring tears, Brings fears.
But I'd rather live than exist.

Still I'm invisible.
But I'm not what I used to be.


Please comment:)

Re:(Free 7) JOJO let me feel JO-JO (from Genta's blog)

I checked Genta's blog. He introduced JOJO I also love.
And I want to introduce another highlight.
It is Onomatopoeia. It is seen in many Japanese mangas and is one of the features of Japanese language. We express sounds of the heavy rain through zaa-zaa or sounds of leaves falling through hira-hira. It gives you a great impression of the scene.
In JOJO it happens with strange but memorable sounds.

By the way, how do you express kiss sound?

In JOJO it's like...

It's like a gunshot!

There are a lot of onomatopoeias in this manga other then this and I think it is fascinating stuff of JOJO.


Anyways, Thanks, Genta.

Music I love

I love music as you do. It is what nobody dislikes.
I love every genres, especially R&B while classmates in junior high, high school loved mainly Rock stuff.
And the music I'm going to introduce is Coutry music. It's not so popular in Japan.
But I'm interested in country music recently because I associate it with the beautiful scenery of huge mountain and road along countryside in North America or something. That is kind of a medication to me. Or just because it entertains me.

Here's my favorite.
Zac Brown Band: Fox on the Run (cover)

I hope you'll like it.

What does "love" mean to me

It's very hard to answer this question!
But I think it means care about others with no reason or no reward. I thought just keeping the relationship could be love. Imagining the married coulple having no talk, however, its not. should be more positive.

So I say it is care for others.
What I mean by caring about others is love starts just with care in one's mind even though it's not expressed out.
And I think it's a process like you care for others in your mind and expess it, and then it becomes love if they accept it. If they don't, that's not love.
Moreover, if you take care of someone for your benefits, that's not love.

This is my opinion. But I'm still looking for the answer.

What is "happiness" to me?

Happiness is like the meaning of life and I feel happy just with being alive. But I want to expand this story and then I say my happiness is "people".
Of course, friends, family or other people close to you are essencial for our lives. But they are not what Im talking about.
This is about connections to someone new, or even a stranger.
like someone asking me the way to a place, taking my order in a restaurant, or bringing something Ive lost to me.
I want to cherish such Ichigoichie way of thingking and that connection is very important for my or our life. It makes me feel like I'm living because people including me can't identify themselves without others.
The connection to people, even though it's tiny, can only make our lives true or real, I think.

I said I want to cherish the connection to people, but the biggest problem is I'm so shy that Im not very good at communicating with strangers!