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Michael Thallium I have no words, just emotions. Today, while I was navigating on the Internet, I got to know the story of Rachel Flowers. It all began a couple of weeks ago when I finished reading “Musicophilia”, the excellent book by Oliver Sacks. Then I started finding out about the “savant” and all those stories of mental illness and syndromes which seem to calm down with music. I was watching a video on a “savant” boy called Rex Lewis-Clack and I discovered Rachel. Today I want to dedicate these lines to Rex, Rachel and to all those people in the world who are an example of self-improvement and inspiration for change: “yes, I can”. The way I do coaching is now inspired by this supertalented girl. I wish I meet her someday. Rachel, thank you for your music and the emotions I felt while I was listening to you. I wish any friend, relative or even her parents can pass this message to her: “My heart is now filled with the musical flowers of Rachel.” Rachel Flowers plays “Tarkus”, a difficult piece by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP): Michael Thallium Richard Strauss wrote his last four songs when he was 84. He used poems by his old friend Herman Hesse. With this last song by Richard Strauss, which he wrote in September 1948, one year before he passed away, I would like to wish you a blissful September month. Summer is almost over… but dreams, projects and life go on. How are you going to live them? The garden is in mourning. Golden leaf after leaf falls For just a while he tarries (Gedicht von Herman Hesse. Soprano: Gundula Janowitz) Michael Thallium Three months ago I wrote about the Playing for Change Foundation and their wonderful initiative to change the world through music. Today, I would like to remember the song with which I came to know this nice movement of street musicians around the world. It is a version of the famous song “Stand by me”, but the words are slightly different from the original: “No matter who you are, Every time I listen to this version, my energy speeds up. I wish this song makes you as happy and smily as I am now. I stand by you! Michael Thallium “I will never say something which cannot stand as the last thing I said, I promise.” If you want to understand this sentence, then, please, pay attention to the next video of Benjaming Zander coming from TED.com where he speaks about music, passion and shiny eyes. At the end of the talk, you will understand that success is not richness, fame or powert, but the number of shiny eyes around you. Who are you being that the eyes of people around you are not shiny?Who are you being as you walk out into the World? Please, leave your comment. You will be welcome and I will be grateful!! Clicar en “View Subtitles” y seleccionar “Spanish” para ver los subtítulos en español.
Michael Thallium I have some very good Scottish friends. I consider them as my second family. This may be the reason why my attention tends to focus on any word related to Scottland. If I also say that one of the subjects I most deal with is the “activ listening” (a must in coaching) and that one of my passion is music, then it will be easy to understand why I ended up watching and listening the following video by a Scottish percussionist called Evelyn Glennie. She illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums. You can use this concept not only for music but for your daily life. How good do you listen to others? Note: Evelyn Glennie is deaf. The video comes from TED.com. Michael Thallium Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch. Sorry, this entry is only available in Español. What will you choose? Are you going to persevere? Michael Thallium |
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