How to Truly Listen: Insights from a Deaf Percussionist

 

This blog reflects my interests, medicine, music, books etc.....and the above TED talk is extraordinary, wherein a highly talented deaf percussionist, Evelyn Glennie, shares her goal of teaching others to listen.

Listening is much more than simply processing sound waves, it is visual, tactile and situational. Playing music is about hearing, feeling and interpreting.

Listen to the message.

An Image is Worth Many (If not 1000) Words

It is not often (if ever) that I receive fan mail. This one is neither short nor sweet. Here is an emphatic letter from a passionate yet misguided Virginian (name of sender removed).  

As an infectious diseases specialist, I do not concur.

Obviously, no response required.