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The Musician's Walk: An Ethical Labyrinth.(Book review)
* The Musician's Walk: An Ethical Labyrinth, by James Jordan. GIA Publications, Inc. (7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638), 2006. 399 pp. $38.95.
Punctuated by lush photography and insightful quotes, The Musician's Walk: An Ethical Labyrinth, articulates the ethical wanderings of the musical soul through the lens of the labyrinth.
Author James Jordan's advice to experience a real labyrinth is well taken--the of physical space is akin to the and spiritual space book requires. A bit abstruse, this book is anything but a traditional look at the musician s life. A healthy portion of it discusses the ethical dilemmas that musicians face in the 21st century, including how to treat each other and our art, how to protect the rights of those who create and publish music and how to uphold aspiration and excellence. It also explores diverse topics such as Qi (vital energy), crystal bowls as healing objects and the role tones, such as those produced on a didgeridoo, play in healing the body and soul.
The Musician's Walk is the third in Jordan's trilogy about spiritual music making. The paradigm of the labyrinth is effective. It not only conveys the difficulty of our path but of the three stages of the journey. The first is the journey to the center, the path that at times arrives at a dead end or offers difficult turns to be negotiated. Jordan cautions we must be in the "right space" to take the walk. These pages are filled with anecdotes and findings about the human self and the musical self from the perspective of Jordan and his contributors--engaging descriptions of the differing ways they experience ...
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