Music
Music is powerful. It has the capacity to effect a wide range of human functions and emotions.
Music creates and manipulates mood; has therapeutic value; it can help relieve pain and anxiety (endorphin production); it is used for social, religious and spiritual purposes, and for celebrations of all kinds in all cultures; music influences consumer behavior and jingles create product association.
Music enhances the quality of life… and it is available 24 hours a day.
“As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody’s individual music, has it’s own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.”
~Yo-Yo Ma
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
~Plato
It is so very easy to take music for granted. This week I invite you to look at the influence of music in your life.
