Music to Our Years

Musical expression and interpretation develop earlier in individual humans than non-musical speech. Infants focus on and learn the musical components of speech earlier. Music is essentially emotional communication. Body language is usually neglected in what little I have read or heard about in these studies and discussions. The tendency in research and discussion of itContinue reading “Music to Our Years”

The Immorality of Distinction in Human Relationships

In The Pianist, the artist as an exceptional individual stands passively defiant to the lie of the antagonists. His very existence challenges the Big Lie of the Nazis. He is the greatest pianist in the world, a Jew, a member of the outcast and inferior group. Similarly, Polanski himself feels this way about his ownContinue reading “The Immorality of Distinction in Human Relationships”