Just for You and Yours, Music can Heal, Concerned about My Height
"Music replays the past memories, awakens our forgotten worlds and makes our minds travel." ~ Michael Bassey Johnson
In researching, I found, The British Academy of Sound Therapy, founded by Lyz Cooper.
Lyz began her journey with sound in 1994 when she had to leave a busy career in advertising due to a life-limiting illness. During this time, she found that sound and Music not only helped her relax, but certain sounds actually improved her health and well-being. The life-changing journey motivated her to find out more about how why sound and music can affect the mind, body and emotions. She went to university, got an MA in Education and an MSc in Applied Music Psychology and conducted research to find out more.
You may enjoy reading about her research through this article.
Music as Medicine – The Musical Recommended Daily Allowance.
The Power of Music and Love
Filmmaker Alex Widdowson interviewed each member of his family to talk about Jamie.
Words from Alex, his brother.
"We rarely see portrayals of the diverse, ordinary lives of people who have Down syndrome (unless we are connected to someone who has it). Much of what we hear instead is based off a medical narrative. As prenatal screening tests improve, the birth rate of people with Downs has fallen. I believe people should be able to base life-changing decisions on accurate information. But I also feel that a diagnosis does not reflect my brother's human worth. This film attempts to complement the medical narrative with first-hand stories of what it is like to have someone with Down syndrome in your family. Jamie has enriched our lives, and I believe a society can be measured by its capacity to nurture those who are most vulnerable."
I loved his animation and storytelling.
Thank you goes to LaVonne this week for sending me to the Music of Canadian pianist and singer, Laila Bali.
The Book of Love
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where Music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings
"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart."
~Pablo Casals
With love from Prince Edward Island.
LOVE MORE.
Bruce & Mille
ps.
A Quote, I am pondering.
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