{"id":2113,"date":"2021-02-06T17:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T01:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2021-08-02T19:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:06:23","slug":"an-op-ed-i-co-authored-on-music-and-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/healing-power-of-music\/2113","title":{"rendered":"An Op-Ed I co-authored on Music and Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I co-authored an Op-Ed with a former California government official, my friend from US-Japan Leadership Program. It was published last Tuesday. We wrote on the power of music to heal, and the importance of arts funding. We titled it &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/my-turn\/2021\/02\/in-the-age-of-covid-the-arts-will-help-us-grieve-heal-and-come-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In the Age of Covid, the Arts will help us Grieve, Heal and Come Together<\/a>.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CalMatters.org<\/a>, a non-profit, non-partisan news outlet on CA policies and politics, published it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1024x605.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2114\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To summarize the piece, music helps all of us. It helps us manage our stress, and positively impacts our perception of pain, both emotional and physical. It <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25490233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">even helps the intubated ICU patients<\/a>, regulating their breaths, reducing their sedative intakes, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29727366\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saving the hospital over $2,300 per patients<\/a>. But during this pandemic, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7499708\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">music therapists were furloughed or fired. <\/a>The piece then gives some examples to be followed from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebudget.ca.gov\/2021-22\/pdf\/GovernorsBudget\/8000\/8260.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> California Arts Council <\/a>and the<a href=\"https:\/\/sfmayor.org\/article\/mayor-london-breed-announces-san-francisco-creative-corps-support-artists-and-promote-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> City of San Francisco<\/a>. These are funding proposals for community engagements and public health campaigns especially for communities hardest hit by the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it&#8217;s publication four days ago, it has been picked up by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/02\/04\/age-covid-arts-help-us-grieve-heal-and-come-together\/4364954001\/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Sun<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/santamariatimes.com\/opinion\/letters\/makiko-hirata-and-jeff-le-in-the-age-of-covid-the-arts-will-help-us\/article_b658e646-bf65-53b1-9be9-af4bc92bd621.html\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Maria Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recordnet.com\/story\/opinion\/columns\/2021\/02\/04\/age-covid-arts-help-us-grieve-heal-and-come-together\/4396684001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stockton Recordnet<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lompocrecord.com\/opinion\/letters\/makiko-hirata-and-jeff-le-in-the-age-of-covid-the-arts-will-help-us\/article_31253851-2eb4-5a3f-b99f-9701ce4b050d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lompoc Record<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/syvnews.com\/opinion\/letters\/makiko-hirata-and-jeff-le-in-the-age-of-covid-the-arts-will-help-us\/article_29ed6e21-f998-5daa-b3f1-a940def2aebf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santa Ynez Valley News<\/a>. I am happy that our writing has resonated with so many other publications and readerships, but it&#8217;s circulation is due to people recognizing the issue&#8217;s need for attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been many articles on the importance on arts funding lately. USA Today published a piece titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/01\/06\/why-arts-have-essential-role-during-covid-19-pandemic-column\/4138588001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why We Need the Arts to Get Us Through the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a>&#8221; by two doctors from the American Medical College Association. Many advocate the arts as a helpful resource, not just physiologically, but also spiritually and communally, because it&#8217;s true, but also because we want to ensure the healthy return of the industry. As another opinion piece, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/opinion\/openforum\/article\/The-Biden-Harris-administration-must-integrate-15903671.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Biden-Harris Administration Must Integrate the Arts into our National Recovery<\/a>&#8221; from San Francisco Chronicle attests, &#8220;[the] impacts of the pandemic on the sector are clear. Philanthropy at North American arts organizations\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/trgarts.com\/blog\/insights-report-oct-2020.html__;!!Ivohdkk!3lYHK-1CEy0dXhqsiigIjywE9XTMpWseKDx_mn6VVGYE4lUYN30okmSb40E0dO8ivA%24\">declined by 14%<\/a>\u00a0from January to October 2020. Across the U.S., nearly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/blog.candid.org\/post\/how-many-nonprofits-will-shut-their-doors\/__;!!Ivohdkk!3lYHK-1CEy0dXhqsiigIjywE9XTMpWseKDx_mn6VVGYE4lUYN30okmSb40Gmjroyng%24\">40% of all nonprofits are at risk of closing<\/a>\u00a0permanently. An estimated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/lost-art-measuring-covid-19s-devastating-impact-on-americas-creative-economy\/__;!!Ivohdkk!3lYHK-1CEy0dXhqsiigIjywE9XTMpWseKDx_mn6VVGYE4lUYN30okmSb40H1egJO7A%24\">2.7 million jobs<\/a>\u00a0have been lost in the creative industries nationwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you agree with me that music is indeed a powerful agent of healing and uniting, and that the arts is crucial to our humanity, then please do share the article on your social media, and in your community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music helps everyone, even the intubated ICU patients, regulating their breaths, reducing their sedative intakes, saving the hospital over $2,300 per patients on average. But during this pandemic, many music therapists were furloughed or fired. The piece then gives some examples to be followed from California Arts Council and the City of San Francisco. 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