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	Music in the Mind

wildcat

11-18-2007 5:46 AM

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oliver sacks, brain, mind, music

wildcat says:

As he was struggling with physical therapy—and growing increasingly frustrated—his mind was inexplicably filled with the resonant strings of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

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11-18-2007 8:30 AM

debbyski

Beautiful!

11-19-2007 4:35 PM

syncopath

it is known that music can exalt life, but saving life..?! this one is new .. ))

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