I experience music everywhere, constantly. Most people believe that music is strictly limited to the ears, but I believe that music affects absolutely everything. Our health, emotions, perspective, senses and much, much more are controlled by music. But even then, music isn't even limited to humans; the trees, animals, and the flow of the river, to name a few, are representative of music.

I wanted to touch on a subject that is very important to me, and I sense it every day. 

My piano teacher, Mary, is one of my closest friends, and her home is a little hidden speckle of happiness in this world that only I know. I remember when I would go to her house to have my lesson, and she would tell me, "You know Ariana, when I play, it's like my praying. I feel the closest to God when I play piano."

Her beautiful statement inspired me to go home and wonder when I feel closest to my God. I then realized that it was a combination of music and nature. I am able to connect with my spirituality through these two things. I believe that music is definitely everywhere in nature. I see music in the eyes of animals that inhabit the woods near my house. I hear song from the birds in the trees. I feel melodies under my feet in the dirt and in the leaves that I brush against. I taste harmonies in the breeze. Music surrounds me and everything I believe in.

This was a moment captured in Hawaii during the summer of 2015, and I remember the chimes hanging in this beautiful, sacred tree were singing songs that were new to my ears, and I had never experienced such tranquil beauty. I hope that one day I will be able to combine music and nature to create something so beautiful, and I hope that you will be able to create or experience something like this too.