Listening to “Oppenheimer”
As a Japanese diaspora and a granddaughter of a hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor), I went to the theater with a certain sense of obligation.
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Healing Power of Music
The Sound of Silence
Perhaps the sounds that give us the most satisfying sense of peace is the sounds of music, I’ve come to think these days. No matter what is going on in the outside world, in the time and space we cherish music together, we belong, at peace.
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Ichi-go Ichi-e: the Impermanence of Everything.
The photos from Maui also reminds me how we will be experiencing more and more of these natural disasters now with our climate crisis. How can we learn to prioritize compassion over self-protection, dignity and decency over anxiety, and perspective over myopia collectively, and sustainably?
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Climate Action as a Musician
As a musician, trained in the art of listening, the harmony of the spheres, and the universal language, perhaps the part that musicians like myself can play is to create resonance out of diverse voices. Perhaps, I can help inspire better communication between experts, who may be like the blind men trying to figure the elephant out by focusing on one aspect of this dynamic and ginormous phenomenon.
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Music -An Antidote to Loneliness
We are designed and wired to operate as social animals, by cohabiting, cooperating, and commiserating – this is my recurrent thought as I conduct my research on the power of music. There are many social mechanisms that are in place to meet our inherent social needs: prescribed greetings, festivals, feasts, cooperative projects… Music is one of these social mechanisms.
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