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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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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“Savoring Music” introduces music as a practice in savoring, exploring our senses and expanding our imaginations. The introductory episode, “Savoring Breath,” asks the viewers to breathe to Bach’s famous Prelude No. 1.
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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This is an English translation of an article published in Nikkan San on March 5, 2020, as a part of my column, “The Way of the Pianist. The threat of Coronavirus has been disruptive. Around the globe, schools have been closed, stock market has plummeted, and events are being cancelled. In the meantime, a letter from a
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