How can you feel united in a crowd of 10,000?

As music filled the air, artists took to the stage and the crowd applauded with outlandish behavior, I took a deep breath. I felt like I was part of something so much bigger, so much more important than the mundane details that daily fill my life.

At Edgefest 20, band after band performed on the huge stage, colorful lights dancing, making the rock stars seem even more important than they already were.

Edgefest, for those not familiar with it, is a rock concert which for the past several years has been held at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco. It features anywhere from 12 to 14 bands, most well known, some local. Over the past years groups such as Pearl Jam, Muse and even Korn have performed. Though the groups at this year's event were awesome (especially 30 seconds to Mars, Three Days Grace and Deftones) it was more about the experience for me.

Music and arts, like the communities that we live and work in, unite people. They unite towns, individual music lovers, states and even sometimes countries.

I realize at this point that this article is sounding very "I'd like to teach the world to sing" (enter bubbling Coca-Cola bottle) but hear me out for a moment.

Almost everyone is passionate about something. When you talk to people whether they are writers, photographers or even tax attorneys, they seem passionate about something. For many, it is a form of art. Music, movies, the written word, beautiful sunset photos or even classic art like paintings and sculptures. Art in its basic form unites.

Perhaps it's because when engaging in art, politics are dropped. Prejudices cease to exist. The economy, at least for a moment, doesn't seem so bad. For whatever reason, art seems to unite people.

Groups like The Beatles, Creedance Clearwater Revival and these days, even John Mayer and U2, seem to bring people together.

As part of a 10,000 plus crowd, I should have felt like a small fish in a big pond. I should have felt overwhelmed, confused and even a little bit suffocated. I didn't though. I felt like I was part of something much bigger. Call it art. Call it music. Whatever the term, it was an amazing experience. Regardless if one loves or hates rock music, the theory is the same.

Unite through the arts and the world doesn't seem quite so bad.