5/24/2023 0 Comments Sacks oliver musicophilia![]() But living in an eternal here-and-now is not Zen bliss for Wearing, it is "a never-ending agony." "It was as if every waking moment was the first waking moment," wrote Wearing's wife, Deborah, of her husband. "In the Moment: Music and Amnesia" follows an English musician and musicologist, Clive Wearing, who in his mid-40s suffered a brain infection that wiped out his memory and entire past. ![]() One essay in his new collection, "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain," presents Oliver Sacks at his best, weaving neuroscience through a fascinating personal story, allowing us to think about brain functions and music in a bracing new light. ![]()
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