Music, Listening & Communication

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I just watched this video of Evelyn Glennie talking about communication.

If you have never heard of her before she is a world renowned percussionist who just happens to be deaf (note: she is not deaf from playing the drums!).

One of my teachers, Paul Chek, says very often regarding communication "you have 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason!" (i.e. you should listen twice as much as you talk, now there is a challenge for some people).

In the video below, Evelyn Glennie talks about how you listen with your whole body and not just the ears.

Maybe it should be you should listen 100+ times as much as you talk.

She is a very intelligent lady and great musician and demonstrates in this video an uncanny ability of explaining the art of listening and communication through drums and other percussive instruments.

She teaches even more than this ... like never giving up, perseverance, having no limitations and just the power of music which is really sound which is really vibrations which you do not need the ability of hearing to sense.

Very cool.

Be Well,

Michael Reid
www.michaelreid.ca

www.waterpolotraining.net

VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3V6zNER4g