Uncommon Measure
Natalie Hodges
A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time
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Release Date: 05/05/2022
A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST A virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becoming How does time shape consciousness and consciousness, time? Do we live in time, or does time live in us? And how does music, with its patterns of rhythm and harmony, inform our experience of time? Uncommon Measure explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until performance anxiety forced her to give up the dream of becoming a concert solo violinist. Anchoring her story in illuminating research in neuroscience and quantum physics, Hodges traces her own passage through difficult family dynamics, prejudice, and enormous personal expectations to come to terms with the meaning of a life reimagined—one still shaped by classical music but moving toward the freedom of improvisation.
A virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becoming
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