Divine Way

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

Pablo Casals

Here’s a neat article from Harvard Medicine about “How Music Resonates in the Brain ” that introduces theories on the evolution of why humans dig music and its health benefits. Dr. Andrew Budson, one of the article sources, mentions the following bit on why he thinks it comes natural to tap our feet and clap to musical rhythms: “Music also lights up nearly all of the brain — including the hippocampus and amygdala, which activate emotional responses to music through memory; the limbic system, which governs pleasure, motivation, and reward; and the body’s motor system.”

About the author

Pablo Casals (29 December 1876 – 22 October 1973), known in English as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish and Puerto Rican cellist, composer, and conductor. He made many recordings throughout his career of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, including some as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings he made of the Cello Suites by Bach. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy (though the ceremony was presided over by Lyndon B. Johnson).