2020-9 God: A Human History (2017) by Reza Aslan I listened to this book as an audio book in the car I picked this book up because I vaguely remembered hearing about it on NPR. I am not religious, nor is my native country. Although I did have casual association with Catholicism (my mom was […]
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This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on March 19, 2020, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. We promise our partners to love and cherish each other “in sickness and in health” when we get married. Weddings, funerals, graduations…at all of these ceremonies that mark the the
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2020-8 How to Age by Anne Karpf (2014) Two reasons for picking this book up: Its compact size that fits into my small shoulder bag, and that it was a prescriptive nonfiction. I found it at the library. It turned out not so much about HOW exactly to age, but how to resist the stereotype
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2020-7 The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music (2008) by Steve Lopez Steve Lopez started writing about a Nathaniel Ayers in a series of LA Times column. Nathaniel was homeless, playing a violin that only had two strings – but the music drew Steve to Nathaniel and this
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History tells us that we have always known to count on the power of music. We do not know of any culture, past or present, without music. Some say Neanderthals sang. We instinctively sing to crying babies, and to soothe people in pain. We sing and dance together to bond, to commemorate, and to commiserate.
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