Music for Pain Relief
Now was the time, an opportunity really, to have a first hand experience of the power I have been preaching for years now through my workshops and lectures.
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Nikkan San “The Way of the Pianist”
To Cast A Light as a Pianist
Perhaps the role of arts is to shed light onto these small, dark rooms. The light may be dim. It may only last for a split second. It may shine from strange angles creating shadows that obscure the objects. But it can trigger our imagination, renew our perspectives, making us feel feelings we would not have known otherwise.
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Bodhisattvas with instruments
During my four-day trip to Japan a few weeks ago, I visited the 11th-century Byodoin Temple in Uji, Kyoto. There, I fell in love with the 52 Bodhisattvas, 27 of which held an instrument like bell and drum, flute and pipes, lyre and koto.
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The Precious Things you can’t Count.
Some say music is the art of time. Maybe that’s why I often think it futile to try to measure time.
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Fandangobon
As we let the rhythms take over our bodies, we transcend our generations and cultural/ethnic differences, and even national borders and historical time periods. We have always danced, sang, and laughed together to bond, and to thrive in our unity.