I lost a friend a few weeks ago. I have a friend whose due date was last week. I have friends fighting illnesses, and other challenges. Finding myself thinking about my friends every time I play these days, I started wondering if playing the piano is my way of offering prayers.
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It seems to me that there are emotions that are socially acceptable and emotions that are not. For example, it is socially encouraged to share our happiness and joy, but sadness, loneliness and sufferings are oppressed. However, in music, all feelings are welcome and explored.
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If I had a billion dollars, I would use it to promote global mental wellness as “essential” and have music be a substantial part of it. It will make people happier, more resilient and productive, and enhance our individual and societal well-being overall.
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“Why Piano Now” re-introduces piano playing as a practice to explore one’s mind, senses and context. The book surveys history, and the latest scientific findings on the benefit of music, while putting the search in the context of the author’s personal journey for her authenticity and authority as a Japanese classical pianist, grappling with its historical cultural imperialism. The prescriptive nonfiction, with supplemental audio/visual recordings, calls for a revolution in the way music is taught, used and practiced, today.
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The future is always uncertain, and our survival instinct gravitates towards the fear of the unknown. However, we also have our rationality to override our survival instincts and pay attention to the gorgeous weather outside. How the birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming. By savoring the transient beauty of our surrounding world, we can choose to see the glass half full, and smile, starting the virtuous circle around us. What I want is to provide the world with a catalyst for that one smile. Please do come visit me on my blog and my YouTube channel, anytime.
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