“Whenever he spoke of something whose beauty had until then remained hidden from me, of pine-forrests or of hailstorms, of Notre-Dame Cathedral, of Athalie or of Phedre, by some piece of imagery he would make their beauty explode into my consciousness. And so, realizing that the universe contained innumerable elements which my feeble senses would be powerless to discern did he not bring them within my reach…” (p. 131)

When the narrator explains what Bergotte’s words does to him, which i think his words inspires him and invokes feelings and images he wouldn’t be capable of in the first place. Reminds me of artists in my life that have performed so well and have written lyrics that touches my heart leaving a significant impression of them in my life, causing me to look at them in a whole new way (but in a good way.) Such as Veronica Bozeman and Jussie Smollett. When Veronica starts singing the first notes of “What is love” her soft  soulful, bluesy voice gives me goosebumps. But what makes my stomach ache in pain and want to cry and ask, “what is love if you’re not here no more.” Is exactly what her words are saying, they evoke emotions that I didn’t even know that I had stiffened inside me wanting to come out. When I have moments when I hear a unique voice or a lyric that speaks to me, it makes me think how capable music is to trigger any type of memory.