While you're not looking » Philosophy http://www.whileyourenotlooking.com An online think tank of Wendy Cooper Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:33:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 The answer is not 42 — it’s music! http://www.whileyourenotlooking.com/not-42 http://www.whileyourenotlooking.com/not-42#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:53:02 +0000 Wendy Cooper http://www.whileyourenotlooking.com/?p=592

Life without music would be a mistake. —Friedrich Nietzsche

Listen to the Reith Lectures

Maestro Daniel Barenboim philosophised the music relationship with life, the universe and everything at this year’s Reith Lectures. Neuroscientist confirmed when performing music emotional responses which are excited when listening to music are not engaged and other regions such as plan-making are also deactivated. Hence, performing music is a form of meditation.

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