I Wrote About Music in 1971. I'm Still Learning What It Does to Us.

In 1971, I was a music major.

Somewhere in the middle of all that, I wrote a college paper about something that fascinated me.

What does music actually do to us?

I don’t remember every detail of that paper anymore. It’s been 55 years. I’m doing pretty well if I remember why I walked into the kitchen. 😂

But I remember the idea.

Music seemed to affect living things in ways that went far beyond entertainment.

I was fascinated by it.

Then life happened.

I stopped being a music major.

Businesses. Marriage. Kids. Alpacas. Financial disasters. A body that fell apart. RiversZen.

But music never really left.

And now, at 72, I’m beginning to think that kid writing the paper in 1971 was onto something.