Imagine being a farmer in a middle of nowhere Europe in the 18th Century. You work in the field year round. You hear the sound of nature all day long. Maybe you sing to yourself and with your co-workers. Maybe at night you gather around the fireplace and sing to the accompaniment of an instrument. […]
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This is an English translation of an article that was published in Nikkan San on February 21, 2019. It was a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “Here is my secret. It’s very simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” – from The Little Prince (1943) by Antoine de
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This is a review of a Japanese book co-authored by Mariko Yoshihara-Yang, Ph.D. and Rie Kijima, Ph,D., titled “世界を変えるSTEAM人材：シリコンバレー「デザイン思考」の核心,” published by Asahi Shinsho on January 30, 2019. It is a simple, and an important book, committed to getting right to the heart of its subject: STEAM educations and personalities. What makes it a page-turner is
This is an English translation of an article that was published in Nikkan San on February 7, 2019. It was a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. Alfred Adler, one of the founders of psychology along with Freud and Jung, said “Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears
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This is an English translation of an article that was published in Nikkan San on January 24, 2019. It was a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” The common query that often
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