Music used to fill the atmosphere of ceremony, it was the sound track of shared space, praise to the gods. And while the Dionysian revelry still explodes through drum and dance at any concert, I've found sound space to be ever more personal. As I gently sway on the subway, I watch the scene unfold before me narrated with emotion from a playlist. Somehow in that singularity of sight and sound the mundane takes on meaning otherwise missed.

I'm not sure how I feel about the incursion of headphones...It's one of those shifting soils where psyche bursts through technology.

Any thoughts on our digital fusion with the music we love?