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SONGS OF A DISTANT PLANET
Your melodic patterns, cyclical cadences, and microtonal shadings were like gamaks, the ornaments upon which sacred raga improvisation were based, and your sustained tones (which I loved) supported and held together a rich vadi/samvadi relationship, a perfected balance of tonal durations and suptle changes, which is only present during the most sacred shruti tunings.
You accomplished what Indian Masters have done by combining musical elements the way a chemist would - by mixing certain properties of medicinal drugs for the best absorption in the body, in order to effect profound curative results
Those who had studied the sacred art knew that blending the exact tonal frequencies could make all the difference in healing various illnesses. Every tone in their ragas was an essential element used to restore the health of a person. They considered which tones were warmer, drier, or more fluid, for instance, and which ones could be combined to produce certain healing effects in the mind, body, and emotions.
Once again, your music nurtured my spirit, allowed me to enter a profoundly beautiful environment, and reminded me of what Leonard Bernstein once said, “Music revives and readapts time and space, - and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world - the extent to which it invites you in and lets you breathe its strange, special air." Your music is like that…
Yes, as you’ve said before, “Music is one of the ways to connect to the truth.” It is also how Beethoven described music as “a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, the only incorporeal entry into a higher world of knowledge.”
You are a gifted musician. May your work continue to bring its beauty and truth into the world for many more years to come.
May God bless you always,
Carole Theaux, BS, RDMS, is a graduate of St. John's University and was a pioneer in the field of education and music. During the 1960’s, she founded and directed one of the first Montessori schools in America, and designed special ‘sound environments’ for children in private and public schools during her many years as a teacher. Her musical background spans over 40 years in western and eastern traditions, and the study of the history of sacred music Her graduate studies at NYU and the New School for Social Research included the science and physics of sound, music composition involving acoustic instruments and electronic synthesizers, ultrasound technology and diagnostic medical sonography, and the healing power of music. In 2000, she presented a program at Brown University on the effects of sound and music on the brain and human development. That year, she was invited to China where she gave lectures to large audiences in Beijing, and participated in a special concert by Chinese and American musicians. She resides in New York.
