Dream it.

Wasn't it fun to use your imagination and ears to find a story in wordless music?

Try more! Listen to the piece a few times - maybe laying down with your eyes closed. See if any images or ideas come to you. Then write down a short story to go along with it. Here are a few great pieces to get you started:

Make it.

NATURE MUSIC STICK

Find a stick about 12-18" long, and collect some leaves, pinecones, herbs or flowers that dry well, as well as a few small sticks or rocks or a small bell that jingles. Wrap some yarn scraps or twine around the things you've collected and attach the bundle to the top of the stick, decorating the whole thing with paint or yarn as you wish. Bring with you when you go outside for walks or put it somewhere in your room.

For a variation, try writing a message - a wish or goal or hope that you want to send out to the world - on a small piece of paper and wrap it around the stick before you put the layer of yarn on.

Try it.

Now pick out an opera or a symphonic piece and try listening to the whole thing, start to finish. If you liked it, why not put it on again in the background sometime. The more you listen to it, the more certain parts will stay with you and you may even find yourself humming some of those themes!

Here are a few to get you started: