Uncommon Measure A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICEA virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becomingHow 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.

ISBN:	9781942658979
Publisher:	Bellevue Literary Press
Imprint:	Bellevue Literary Press
Published date:	22 Mar 2022
DEWEY:	781.43111
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	220
Weight:	252g
Height:	134mm
Width:	208mm
Spine width:	19mm

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