Just a little further to this: I recently was reading an article by
a journalist who spent a couple of days with Oliver Sacks. One of
the persons the journalist met while with Sacks was one who apparently
couldn't move at all, simply could not move, but when music was played
couldn't stay still. There was an explanation about what he/they
thought the connection was, but I can't remember it just now! But if
anyone is interested, I can easily track it down.
At 06:16 AM 04-07-99 -0400, you wrote:
>After being silent for far too long (although some would
disagree with that) I'm just going to jump right in here.....this is a
topic I can identify with!
>
>I read in a medical publication quite a while ago that certain
types of music almost compel us to move and keep moving. I know my feet
can't resist a jig, preferrably from the east coast or The British Isles.
It's rare that a fiddle doesn’t get my legs doing fancy movements and my
feet tapping, swishing and gliding. Of course, sometimes the rest
of my body doesn't do a whole lot, but the sound of a fiddle played fast
and well turns the bottom third of me into a Riverdance
wannabee.
>
And a message for Bonnie Rowley: Bonnie, I had a lot of problems
getting message re the mysterious HTML stuff to your personal website,
but hope that I finally suceeded couple of weeks back.
Cheers, Robin, lurker for her mum in NZ
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Robin Ingram, trade aid & one world books volunteer
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