IndexObjectiveGlobal ContextIdentity and RelationshipsPrior KnowledgeResearchThe investigation helped me try to find the deepest and clearest reason why I wanted to focus on this topic "Healing with Sound". The reason I chose this topic is because I realized that today's youth don't really take care of their emotional and psychological well-being. As a teenager, I too experienced the feeling of not being worthy or wanted in this world. I exposed myself to music and didn't realize it until I had to think about the personal project. I found life and meaning in music and wanted to share it with the world. Music allows you to understand who you are. I wanted to create a platform where young people can see and experience the power of music. I always want to see people happy and joyful. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Objective My objective was to research sound healing and how the properties of sound can help you manipulate your emotions and how this affects your thought patterns. Learn the skill of notating music and creating a libretto. I had planned to design my 30-minute musical composition based on my perception of healing music. The booklet was an informational resource on the healing properties of music. My goal was very challenging because I would be researching something I didn't know existed and I never knew I would be able to find more than enough information. I had to learn a new musical notation skill that I knew was difficult to learn because it required exceptional musical knowledge and years of training. I had to create a goal that not only had to be achieved in a given period of time. I had to create a realistic goal, a goal that I knew wouldn't give me much trouble in the long term. I set myself a goal that was in line with the things that interested me. I've always wondered how much work it takes to create 2 minutes of music for a violin or 10 minutes of music for a full orchestra. I wanted to learn music notation, but I almost never had the time to focus on learning music notation. I saw the personal project as an opportunity to set aside some of my personal time and focus on musical notation. Global Context, Identities and Relationships According to the IB, this global context focuses on the exploration of identities; beliefs and values; personal, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; what it means to be human. Breaking this global context into my personal perception, I would say it refers to discovering and knowing who you are, knowing what surrounds you and how you connect with yourself and your surroundings. I chose this global context because I am more interested in self-realization and acceptance and I personally began my journey of self-knowledge this way. I know and understand that I am a human being and I am not perfect. This global context lightens and broadens the concept of what it means to be human. In my personal design journey, I discovered more about one of the ways a person can use to soothe emotional pain through music. I believe my goal has a close relationship with this global context because I have conducted research on how music helps restore or discover who you are. My research helped me clearly identify that a person is never alone and music can also help bring you back to the inner circle that all human beings are a part of. In my brochure I have clearly ….