Working on a Song
I finally felt in my body how music worked. A chorus of nonbelievers, channeling God. A harmonic coming together capable of overtaking lyrics about drift and catastrophe, a song as proof that people can work together.
Hua Hsu • Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
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By the way, this book could perhaps be described as the result of my own personal quest. For many years now, I have built my research and writing on a very simple statement of purpose—which I repeat, almost as a mantra, on every possible occasion, in print or public lectures: Music is a source of enchantment and a catalyst in human life , and my vo... See more
Ted Gioia • Music to Raise the Dead: The Secret Origins of Musicology
