Keys to the Kingdom: Reflections on Music and the Mind

ISBN-13: 9780982726204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 92 str.

Kathleen L Housley

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KEYS TO THE KINGDOM: Reflections on Music and the MindKeys to the Kingdom: Reflections on Music and the Mind charts the courseof an unusual odyssey. For nearly a decade, Kathleen Housley played pianowith Katrina Withey, a gifted musician partially paralyzed from a stroke. Tounderstand those times in their playing when disabilities disappeared in ashimmer of grace, Housley wrote brief reflections, turning to neuroscienceand history for deeper insight. Some are as complex as a fugue. Others areas simple as a finger exercise on the C scale. Yet sounding throughout thereflections is a sublime theme-the importance of friendship."I am certain I will return to this book many times-to prevent music frombecoming solely intellectual, friendship simply casual, and life experiencesreduced to a progression of day-to-day events. Each chapter is a fresh andenlighteninglook at the power of music throughout time, and a moving glimpseinto evoking the eternal power between friends."Pamela J. Perry, D.M.A., Professor of Music,Central Connecticut State University"Kathleen Housley has written a sensitive account of friendship, courage, andthe power of music to unite and heal. Her observations are sealed with a lighttouch of metaphors, never too much, always growing from the real experience."Richard T. Lee, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Philosophy,Trinity College"Keys to the Kingdom is more than an inspirational story. It brilliantly connectsneurology, music, language, and the overall sense of being. All rehabilitationspecialists should read this book to appreciate the holistic nature ofrecovery and well-being."Mary Purdy, Ph.D., Department of Communication Disorders,Southern Connecticut State UniversityKathleen L. Housley is the author of four books of non-fiction and one bookof poetry. She has written for numerous journals including Image, Isotope,The Christian Century, and Ars Medica.