Mind and Music

Chapter 12 was an interesting Chapter, especially when it talked about brain and vibrations. It mentioned Rodolfo Llinas who compared it to a "well-tuned musical instrument", and the complexity of chords. The fact that we are different from other animals because of the way our brain is set up allowing us to have capacity and and ability to imagine and be creatives. We are able to think and find reasons, uncertainties, and more.
Sometimes we need a little help and through relaxation by meditation or rhythem such as music and dance with certain beats a person can reach an altered state. The brain is even compared to a harp with different types of strings that produce different tones or responses. Music has been around for ages and is part of many cultures and religions. It is an easy topic to compare to the brain because of all the varieties and results of it. Our brain has the ability to think and realize things in different ways and allows us to act on it. Just like music we can be happy or sad, boring or romantic. Music as well as other art can represent the artist's mood towards something. It can also take the listener out of one mood and put them in another depending on the beat and tones of the rhythem.