To comfort us in times of hardship and despair. When we hear other voices joining our own, we know we are not alone.
I like this video for its lack of sensationalism and wealth of humanity.
Spontaneous singing by Haitian victims and their families at a “tent hospital” facility in Jimani.
YouTube Video Credit: FernandezScheker
“Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.”
– Marcel Marceau
(I love that this quote is from a mime. *wink*)
More on health and singing:
“You can look at disease as a form of disharmony.
And there’s no organ system in the body that’s not affected
by sound and music and vibration.”
– Mitchell Gaynor
“Do you know that our soul is composed of harmony?”
– Leonardo daVinci
“Cause music’s been my therapy,
Taking the pain from all my anatomy …”
– Marvin Gaye
