Music in itself usually has a powerful effect on people. It brings back memories, makes us feel and experience emotions through melodies and rhythms, that can have a lasting effect on us.
How many times have you heard a song that you can relate to on a personal and deep level? Those are the kind of songs that usually resonate with you forever.
But what about the powerful messages behind the lyrics and the meaning of them from the perspective of the musicians?
A lot of the time, music and stories are written through personal experiences and then those experiences become amazing pieces of entertainment art for all of us to enjoy.
Some of those are very personal and it can be a release or even a form of awareness for the writer.
Well that is exactly the case here for Slant Six's new video, Flashes of Life.
This song and video was created to bring awareness to mental illnesses and those that suffer from it.
Understanding the personal struggles of no one knowing who they really are because they themselves don't always know.
Being compassionate to the struggle that they have to go through to get through their own daily lives with an uncooperative mind, being trapped in a haze and struggling through their own states of mind, living as their true selves, in spurts at a time.
Hopefully, this song can resonate with someone who is currently going through some mental struggles, creating some kind of comfort knowing that there is someone out there that understands and is empathetic to their internal battles.