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Music The word Music implies correlatives: muse, amusement, musing. If art is the effort of the human spirit to make itself visible, music is the effort of the human spirit to make itself heard. Recently I heard a woman talk about taking an elderly woman suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease to church. The old woman could no longer recognize family members, care for herself, or even make sentences. The caretaker wheeled the chair into the church, but the old woman’s fists were balled in her lap, her eyes focused on nothing, her jaw slack, and her shoulders hunched. As the old hymns rang out their chords, though, a transformation occurred. The old woman’s shoulders straightened, her hands relaxed, and in a strong voice, she sang, clear and loud, the words and melodies still engraved in her soul. Some songs take you back to a place in time, a moment in your youth, or transport you to a place you haven’t ever been before.
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