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Unit 07: Nature and Music 

Music is deeply intertwined with nature, and my time spent in Mexico during reading week reminded me of that. From pelicans squawking to waves crashing loudly on the shore or rain hitting the pavement, nature's sounds are diverse. In my opinion, that "atmosphere" created by nature is attributed to its "music." Each environment creates its own unique music, evoking emotions and memories in those who experience it. No one environment produces the exact same music, and one environment's music is never the same each time. Gray et al. (2001) note how nature's unique sounds have sparked curiosity throughout history. For instance, the study of communication among aquatic mammals like dolphins and whales has long been a focus. From the majestic mating songs of blue whales to the distinctive clicks of dolphins, these sounds compose the underwater world's music. Recently, I had the privilege of listening to humpback whale mating songs in Puerto Vallarta. Accompanied by a marine biologist or a nature interpreter, the experience was enlightening. Through his expertise, he skillfully guided the group through the whale-watching tour, engaging people of all backgrounds and instilling a sense of curiosity and respect for nature. By sharing his passion through personal anecdotes, he illustrated the real-world significance of our course content in connecting humans with the natural world.

Like nature interpretation, music affects our minds through emotion (Gray et al., 2001). While initially challenging to pinpoint where nature is in music, the reading by Gray et al. (2001) highlighted its presence. Musicians and composers often draw inspiration from nature's sounds, incorporating them into their compositions to evoke specific moods or atmospheres. In that regard, it's similar to poetry, incorporating certain words like "dark clouds" or "rain" to evoke a feeling of sadness and despair. 

Another factor I had yet to consider, explained by Gray et al. (2001), was that nature's unique sounds mimic those in an orchestra, with each creature and element contributing its own distinctive voice. Just as musicians use different instruments to create harmonious melodies, nature orchestrates its own music. 

Reflecting on personal experiences, certain songs transport us back to nature. As someone who grew up playing different instruments, the melody of music sticks out to be more than lyricism does. Through playing guitar, I have come to appreciate songs that involve plucking each string, each evoking a sense of connection to the natural world. One such song that immediately conjures images of rolling mountains and lush green grass is “Edelweiss” from The Sound of Music. The melody resonates with feelings of peace and tranquillity, reminiscent of the landscapes portrayed in the film.

References

Gray, P. M., Krause, B., Atema, J., Payne, R., Krumhansl, C., & Baptista, L. (2001). The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music. Science, 291(5501), 52. https://link-gale-com.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/apps/doc/A69270354/AONE?u=guel77241&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=fb9366a8

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To people who are interested in reading scholarly work about corsetry, here are some examples:

Steele, Valerie. 2005. The Corset : a Cultural History. New Haven: Yale University Press. https://archive.org/details/corsetculturalhi0000stee

If you read nothing else, read this. There is a chapter specifically on tightlacing and medical discourse. She talks about corsetry practice, the corset and tightlacing as fetish objects, a 21st century evaluation of 19th century medical literature. Valerie Steele is the director of FIT in New York.

Taylor, Lou. 2004. Establishing Dress History. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Fantasitc resource on the dress history field. Taylor discusses the sources of the dicipline in art and in sociology. Early dress historians like Cunningham and Veblen were quite critical of women's behavior in fashion, including corsetry. This book also includes information about early female dress historians, like Doris Langley Moore, and their critical discussions of corsetry based on their collections.

Summers, Leigh. Bound to Please : A History of the Victorian Corset. Oxford ; Berg, 2001.

Fields, Jill, Bound to Please: A History of the Victorian Corset. By Leigh Summers (Oxford and New York: Berg, 2001. 302pp. $68/cloth $24.50/paper), Journal of Social History, Volume 36, Issue 4, Summer 2003, Pages 1083–1085, Accessed 2023. https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh.2003.0091.  

Lewis, Judith S. “Reviews of Books: Bound to Please” The American Historical Review 108, no. 1 (2003): 257–58. Accessed April 2024.  https://doi.org/10.1086/533172.

Evidence of current academic debate about corsetry. Further work by Summers and Fields

Fields, Jill. “Corsets and Girdles.” In An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality, 1st ed., 47–78. University of California Press, 2007. Accessed February 2024. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pp40x.7.

Summers, Leigh, “Yes, They Did Wear Them: Working-Class Women and Corsetry in the Nineteenth Century”, Costume, 36 no. 1(2002): 65-74, Accessed April 2024. DOI: 10.1179/cos.2002.36.1.65 

Crane, Diane, "Clothing Behaviour as Non-Verbal Resistance: Marginal Women and Alternative Dress in the Nineteenth Century", Fashion Theory, 3:2 (1999), pp. 241-68.

Cunningham, Patricia A. Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920 : Politics, Health, and Art. Ebook Central. Kent, Ohio ; London, England, 2003.

Leigh, Percival, "The Way to Women's Rights." Punch, vol. 66, 21 Feb. 1874, p. 73. Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992, ezproxy-prd.bodleian.ox.ac.uk:2083/apps/doc/ES700142956/PNCH?u=oxford&sid=bookmark-PNCH&xid=2e1b8ef0. Accessed 1 Nov. 2022.

Park, Jihang, ‘Sport, Dress Reform and the Emancipation of Women in Victorian England: A Reappraisal,’ International Journal of the History of Sport, 6:1(1989), pp. 10–30. 

Taylor, Tom, "The Ex-Unprotected Female, under the United Influence of a Strong-Minded Friend, and the Insults of Mr. Jones, Displays Symptoms of Bloomerism." Punch, vol. 21, 1 Nov. 1851, pp. 192+. Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992, ezproxy-prd.bodleian.ox.ac.uk:2083/apps/doc/ES700138136/PNCH?u=oxford&sid=bookmark-PNCH&xid=e529f28d. Accessed 1 Nov. 2022. 

This is research on dress reform in the 19th century. There were many different movements of dress reform from various sources. Dress reform was often concentrated with a mobility argument from feminists like Amelia Bloomer and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and was also associated with "water cure" health movements. Dress reform in the 19th century was not very succesful, and other feminists disagreed with it. Dress reform was equally if not more concerned with Petticoats and Crinolines than with corsetry specifically.

Libes, Kenna. “Extant Garments Waist Measurement Resource (25″/64cm+) (900+ Garments!).” Sew Last Century, October 12, 2023. Accessed April 2024. https://sewingwithkenna.wordpress.com/2019/07/31/waist-measurements-resource-25/.

This is the blog of a scholar who focuses on the historcal existence and clothing practices of plus size people. She does not update this as often anymore, but this is a good database of resources for larger historical objects of clothing, evidencing corsetry practices aside from extreme tight lacing.

Gibson, Rebecca, “Effects of Long Term Corseting on the Female Skeleton: A Preliminary Morphological Examination.” NEXUS: The Canadian Student Journal of Anthropology 23, no. 2 (2015): 45–60. Accessed April 2024. https://doi.org/10.15173/nexus.v23i2.983.

This one is good because it is a scientific study on skeletal remains. Many collections of human remains (and medical discourse in the late 19th centuries, associated with movements which advocated dress reform) made unsubstantiated scientific claims about corstery's medical effects. Gibson highlights the need for medical anthropological approaches in this area to effects of corsetry on the skeleton, when accounting for other common medical conditions like rickets, tuberculosis, etc.

This is a collection of objects held in the Dresden Museum of Hygenie dicussing "the corset issue" in the 1920s. Tightlacing discourse in the medical field was often associated with maternal and racial health, as well as eugenics.

This describes the work of Jenny Tirimani, head of the School of Historical Dress, which is in charge of the Janet Arnold Archive. Many of the costuming youtubers have worked with her or her work in some capacity. This is not corsetry specific but is a good insight into some of the reasons period dress reconstruction is used. See also Ella Hawkins

SHUKLA, PRAVINA. “LIVING HISTORY: Colonial Williamsburg.” In Costume: Performing Identities through Dress, 165–200. Indiana University Press, 2015. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16gzhzm.9.

Not corsetry specific, but a good piece about costume wearing at Colonial Williamsburg, a center for modern dress history scholarship.

TLDR: I work with historical dress collections professionally, and academically I research the intersection between dress history and human remains/colonialism in museums. I have taught students about historical dress and corsetry specifically. I am a historical costumer. In my research and expereince with the objects themselves, there is lots of discourse about the wearing of corsets and tightlacing practices, in scholarly literature, in accounts from contempoary women, in feminist discourse, in medical literature, etc. Lots of the medical effects of corsetry are disputed or fabricated, often by men in medical fields or in alternative medicine sources. There were historical dress reform movements, but they were not generally culturally successful, and women continued to wear corsets. Some 19th century feminists were critical of corsetry, and corsets, long dresses, and big sleeves were restrictive garments which prevented some kinds of physical activity. They could be and were uncomfortable, and women (particularly non-white women) were critiqued for not wearing them. All of this goes to show that corsets are a form of common material culture with a lot of assigned cultural meaning which different people have different perspectives on. Women have been historically disempowered, but the degree to which dress specifically has an effect on that either way is disputed. Sexist men and feminists alike have been critical of dress practice, and also congragulatory of practices which we may not agree with. There are a lot of historical misunderstandings about corsetry, which I think leads people to overcorrect from one extreme position on them to the other. They are a much more neutral object than the internet is capable of expressing. Please explore some of these resources, and I have more if people are interested in more specific areas.

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07: Music Beyond Just Humans

Hey everyone,

This week, I will be diving into the connections of music and nature!

Following this definition of music, “Music has been defined as patterns of sound varying in pitch and time produced for emotional, social, cultural, and cognitive purposes” (Gray et al., 2001), music can be found in nature in various instances. The first instance that comes to mind, and probably for many others, is the sounds that animals make. Particularly birds for instance, make noises that follow rhythmic variations to communicate with others – some birds even use their feathers or manipulate objects as ‘instruments’ (Gray et al., 2001). For example, a male palm cockatoo will break a twig, shape it into a drumstick, and drum it onto a hollow log as a courtship ritual (Gray et al., 2001). I like to think there are other forms of music in nature, even though nature might not consciously orchestrate them. For instance, the sound of leaves, the roar of thunder, or the crashing of waves all produce different patterns and pitches of sounds similar to that found in modern music.

Finding nature in music is not as simple as finding music in nature – we do not often hear artists playing nature in music, such as birdsongs or leaves rustling. That said, if you have a song you like that literally has nature in music, feel free to share! I would love to listen to it! I think a lot of us will be able to find nature in music in a more figurative sense. What I mean by this is that perhaps certain songs remind you of a time when you were in the presence of nature; songs you listen to when you are at a cottage, camping, going on walks, etc. In this way, nature is in music, as certain songs make you think of nature.

Personally, there is no one song that immediately brings me back to a natural landscape. Most of the songs I listen to do not invoke feelings of when I was in a natural landscape. Some artists I like are Clairo, Arctic Monkeys, Billie Eilish, Hozier and The Neighbourhood – others who listen to these artists may also understand how these songs do not immediately bring you to a natural landscape. However, if I were to name a song that brings me back to nature, one song that comes to mind is “Woodland” by The Paper Kites. This song makes me think of life as an endless opportunity for growth and learning while reaching for your wildest dreams. I think the lyrics in the chorus encapsulate these ideas well: “Won’t lay down our heads ’til the day is won. Won’t stop running ’til we reach the sun.” The Paper Kites use many references to the natural world to convey emotion to the audience and uses a lighthearted folk tune that I find provides a similar serenity found in nature. Give it a listen here if you wish:

Thanks for reading,

Kiera

References

Gray, P. M., Krause, B., Atema, J., Payne, R., Krumhansl, C., & Baptista, L. (2001). The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music. Science, 291(5501), 52. https://link-gale-com.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/apps/doc/A69270354/AONE?u=guel77241&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=fb9366a8

Thepaperkitesband. (2022, February 7). Woodland. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82xEG2mCbCo

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Unit 07 Post

Music is thought to have existed for almost as long as humans have, and it provides us with a way to celebrate things, tell stories, and communicate with one and other. I think that nature has had a profound influence on the music of humans, especially prior to the industrial revolution when people spent more of their time outside. Not only can descriptions of nature add depth to songs which tell stories or are meant to convey emotions, but nature can also serve as a muse which has inspired innumerable people to create music about its beauty and power.

For example, the song "Wildflowers" by Tom Petty is a song which always makes me think about nature. The lyrics combined with the soft acoustic guitar brings images of sunny open fields filled with flowers of all different colors into my mind. Listening to this song always makes me feel warm and happy because of the imagery of nature it invokes.

Just as nature is present in music, music is also present in nature, and this can be seen in the howling of wolves, the crashing of waves, the sound of birds, and the rustling of wind in the leaves. Even whales communicate with one and other through song, using rhythms and patterns that are similar to human music (Gray et al., 2001). The sounds of nature can be calming, like hearing rain pattering against a roof, or even scary, like the cracks and crashes of a raging thunderstorm. It is also a fairly common practice for people to use the ambient sounds of nature to help them fall asleep at night, using noises like whale song, rain sounds or waves crashing. I believe that listening to nature's music in its many forms is something which can provide a meaningful experience to many people, to realize the complexity of the environment around them and how small we are in the grand scheme of things.

Reference

Gray, P. M., Krause, B., Atema, J., Payne, R., Krumhansl, C., & Baptista, L. (2001). The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music. Science, 291(5501), 52. https://link-gale-com.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/apps/doc/A69270354/AONE?u=guel77241&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=fb9366a8

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Unit 07: Interpreting Nature through Music

Where is music in nature? Where is nature in music? As a follow-up, what song takes you immediately back to a natural landscape? What is the context?

The paper “The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music” by Gray et al. (2001) is a good source to utilize for the first question in this week's prompt. The authors answer the first question, “where is music in nature”, by explaining that music is created by other species, such as whales and birds. They write that whales and birds demonstrate musical language and expression. Both use musical sounds to communicate and bond within and across species. Humpback whale songs are similar to human music in the tone and timbre of the notes they sing. Whales are capable of singing a range of seven octaves and repeat and build on their material in the same way human composers do. Similarly, when birds compose songs they often use similar pitch relationships, rhythmic variations, musical arrangements, and combinations of notes as human composers. Birds also use instruments — some birds hold a stick with their foot and drum on a log as part of a courtship ritual. The authors suggest that because whale, bird and human music have so much in common (even though our evolutionary intersect is traced back to 60 million years ago), music may have come before humans — that rather than inventing it, we may have come to discover it through nature.  

To answer the second part of the question, “where is nature in music”, the article by Virpi Sahi (2011) entitled “Folk Music as a Tool of Expressing the Spiritual Values of Nature” provides a good explanation, using folk music as an example. According to Sahi, music can help us realize and experience the beauty, goodness and sacredness of nature. As music evokes emotion, the beauty of nature can be realized through lyrics expressing sacred human-nature relations. For example, folk music has been used as a tool to spread awareness of nature’s powers and our spiritual connection to it. Additionally, music about nature can transfer knowledge and wisdom about the ways humans once lived symbiotically with nature. Such lessons regarding connection and cooperation are ones we should bring into the modern day. Songs about nature can help strengthen our spiritual connections to it through the emotions we feel about it. 

A song that brings me back to nature is “Take Me Home Country Roads” by John Denver. When I hear this song I am brought back to one particular moment in time. When I was in high school, I went on a one-week camping trip with my class. “Take Me Home Country Roads” was the class’s favoured song this week — we would play it all the time. This trip was the first longer camping experience I had had, so I associate this song with discovering my relationship with nature. The vibe of the song and the memories that go along with it immediately take me back to the natural landscape. I’m curious if anyone else will write about this song. 

References:

Gray, P. M., Krause, B., Atema, J., Payne, R., Krumhansl, C., & Baptista, L. (2001). The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music. Science, 291(5501), 52. https://link-gale-com.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/apps/doc/A69270354/AONE?u=guel77241&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=fb9366a8 

Sahi, V. (2011). Folk Music as a Tool of Expressing the Spiritual Values of Nature. Spiritual Values of Protected Areas of Europe, 2, 129

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Unit 07: Nature Interpretation Through Music

Music can be defined as “patterns of sound varying in pitch and time for emotional, social, cultural and cognitive purposes” (Gray et al., 2001). When paying close attention to our surroundings, music can be found just about anywhere including in nature. For me, the obvious comes to mind first like the sound of birds chirping, waves splashing, fish jumping, and the wind blowing around us. When I reflect more specifically on my relationship with nature, the music I hear includes the sound of a canoe paddle slapping the water, my hammock blowing in the wind, a fire crackling, the creaking of the dock as waves pass below, and the sound of a loon call across the lake. All of these sounds essentially make a beautiful song that reminds me vividly of being outside in nature and enjoying the things I love. Additionally, we must not forget about the calming sound of rain, a thunderstorm passing overhead, and even the sounds of various insects. Many, if not all, of those sounds I listed can be found on a common streaming platform like Spotify or Apple music so that they can be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home, or maybe even as you fall asleep at night.

Furthermore, we can often find nature within the music. There are several songs that come to mind that discuss nature; for example, Feels Like Summer by Childish Gambino. Within the song, there is a set of lyrics which states,

“Every day gets shorter than the one before

Running out of water, it's about to go down

Go down

Air that kills the bees that we depend upon

Birds were made for singing, wakin’ up to no sounds

No sound”.

Although this song is not necessarily discussing the ‘good’ parts of nature, rather it’s portraying global warming, it includes aspects of nature within its lyrics. This is only one example of nature being included in ‘popular’ music.

To end, I would like to discuss one song that takes me back to nature, which is Canyon Moon by Harry Styles. Although this might not be an obvious choice as it was not written to be about nature, but rather a past love, when I hear this song it immediately takes me back to nature. Specifically, it takes me back to canoeing down the Barron Canyon in Algonquin Provincial Park with two of my friends. I first heard this song while we were on a backcountry canoe trip in Achray, exploring the Barron Canyon for the first time and I vividly remember the three of us lying back in the canoe taking in the sun and our surrounding while Canyon Moon was playing. I would love to hear what songs take you back to nature!

References

Gray, P. M., Krause, B., Atema, J., Payne, R., Krumhansl, C., & Baptista, L. (2001). The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music. Science, 291(5501), 52. https://link-gale-com.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/apps/doc/A69270354/AONE?u=guel77241&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=fb9366a8

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Blog Post #7: Exploration of Musical Connections in the Natural World

Nature provides a sense of freedom that allows you to express yourself. Music is an art form that allows you to express the inexpressible. The combination of the two provides the listener with the freedom to feel any of their feelings and express any of their emotions in their own personal way, which describes the true beauty of nature within music. Music is one of the art forms that I have had a strong and consistent relationship with since I was a very young girl. Personally, music acts as an escape and a medium to reflect/develop my feelings, imagination, thoughts, inspiration and ideas (Hooykaas, 2021). One of the most valued parts of music is that it can be shared with others, or it can be a personal escape. As mentioned in our course material, music has the power to influence the way in which people see, think, communicate and feel (Hooykaas, 2021). The purpose of music is to not only entertain, but to provide a creative medium that allows you to emotionally express yourself, while feeling safe and encouraged (Hooykaas, 2021). 

This is a picture of myself, my classmates and our high school music teacher before playing our instruments for Meagan’s Walk. Photo credits: My dad.

This is a picture of my classmates and I volunteering at a retirement home by playing our instruments to entertain the residents. Photo credits - my teacher. 

Nature is reflected in many parts of music because it helps us express and fulfill our deeply rooted emotional connection with it. Nature and music innately work hand in hand since the music of the natural world has been present throughout the entire process of human evolution. The music of the natural world includes the sounds of birds chirping, ocean waves, rain hitting the ground, water flowing in a river, wind, etc. These sounds allow us to escape the reality of life, de-stress and feel free by deepening our connection with the natural world (Beck et al., 2018, p. 120). 

Animals, such as humpback whales and birds, have been composing music, similar to ours although our evolutionary paths have not crossed for over 60 million years (Gray et al., 2001). This proves that music is most likely an ancient creation that is innately present in the lives of many living creatures, which explains our deep emotional connection to nature in music and the combination of the two (Gray et al., 2001). 

A song that immediately takes me back to a natural landscape is the song “Blackbird” by The Beatles (one of my favourite bands). I listen to this song every time I need to feel carefree or light because I envision myself running through a field of tall grass with my best friends, in the wind, barefoot, wearing a flowy summer dress, with birds chirping on a hot sunny summer day. This song allows me to feel free and it allows me to escape the reality of today (especially through COVID during the winter months while taking a full course load). This has been my favourite song for many years now because it makes me feel hopeful that there is light at the end of the tunnel, which is described in the “blackbird fly into the light of a dark black night” lyric. The abundance of natural world sounds allows me to take a step back and escape from this busy world we live in to feel safe & relaxed for a moment. What natural sounds are your favourite to hear in music? Why? How do these sounds make you feel? 

Thank you for reading my post and I am looking forward to your comments! Victoria 

References: 

Beck, L., Cable, T., & Knudson, D. (2018). Interpreting cultural and natural heritage for a better world. Sagamore-Venture Publishing. 

Gray, P. M., Krause, B., Atema, J., Payne, R., Krumhansl, C., & Baptista, L. (2001). The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music. Science, 291(5501), 52. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A69270354/AONE?u=guel77241&sid=AONE&xid=fb9366a8 

Hooykaas, A. (2021). Unit 07: Nature Interpretation through Music [Course website]. University of Guelph CourseLink. https://courselink.uoguelph.ca

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By ROBYN MERRETT May 16, 2019 07:01 PM 

Louis Tomlinson has released a tear-jerking music video for “Two of Us” — an emotional track dedicated to his late mother Johannah Deakin.

The black-and-white clip opens up with Tomlinson, 27, alone in a warehouse, sitting in front of a grand piano.

He then sings “It’s been a minute since I called you/Just to hear the answerphone/Yeah, I know that you won’t get this/But I’ll leave a message so I’m not alone.”

Throughout the rest of the clip, Tomlinson can be seen signing the emotional lyrics in different spaces around the building. At one point he is sitting on a sofa and in another scene, he is at a table.

The former One Direction member is later joined by backup singers in an empty room as he belts out, “Even when I’m on my own, I know I won’t be alone/I know you’ll be looking down, swear I’m gonna make you proud/I’ll be living one life for the two of us.”

The visual concludes with Tomlinson back at the piano.

Deakin died in 2016 from an aggressive form of leukemia.

The touching tribute comes just a few weeks after Tomlinson used his experience with grief to help an 83-year-old man following the death of his wife.

After hearing that man named Richard, whose wife Pat died due to an Alzheimer’s complication in December 2016, was trying to check off a few of the items on his bucket list, the British star stepped in.

The time the pair spent together has been turned into a video shared on YouTube with “Two of Us” playing in the background.

“This video feels particularly relevant and powerful to me. Richard is a classic example of a fearless man who in light of tragedy still pushes himself to live with as much laughter and happiness as possible,” Tomlinson said on Instagram.

Tomlinson explains in the clip he was so touched by Richard’s story that he decided to pay him a visit and help bring a little joy to his life.

That’s when Tomlinson shows up at Richard’s door.

After sharing a sweet embrace, Tomlinson and Richard begin talking about the women they lost.

“We lived a good life together,” Richard says of his wife. “I’m sorry to hear your mum at such an early age.”

“She was 43… We’re a big family so it hit us hard,” Tomlinson says in the clip.

Tomlinson then asks Richard about his bucket list and how it came about.

“It was something I’ve always fancied doing,” Richard says before the two embark on their adventures, which includes flying a helicopter, driving a race car and riding a roller coaster.

While each activity proved to be more touching than the one before, Richard’s final item was the most moving.

Towards the end of the video, Tomlinson reveals Richard wanted to perform in a packed arena.

“It’s been a good time with you Louis,” Richard says after his performance.

“It’s been lovely. No bulls—. Actually spending real time with you and feeling like we’ve gotten to know each other. It’s been really nice,” Tomlinson says back.

The powerful video was filmed around the same time the singer tragically lost his younger sister. In March, Félicité Tomlinson died of a suspected cardiac arrest. She was 18.

Before her sudden death, Félicité, who was also known as Fizzy, worked as a model and influencer with over one million followers on Instagram.

One month later, Tomlinson broke his silence on Félicite’s sudden death writing, “Just wanted to thank everyone for their lovely words over the past couple of weeks.”

“Sending you all loads of love x.”

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To the American Board of Internal Medicine - The Longitudinal Knowledge Assessments are no vacation...

Read more: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/105482?xid=nl_secondopinion_2023-07-18&eun=g1071851d0r #healthcare #physician #medicalnews #lka

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Sounds of the Universe (Unit 07: Music in Nature)

The course content for this week covers music in nature and how as interpreters we can use the vastness of the musical landscape to effectively demonstrate and communicate the aspects of nature to our audiences. An immediate thought I had when going through the content was how much of communication is non-verbal and yet the themes and messages are abundantly clear despite an apparent "lack" of communication. My assessment of this weeks prompt is that, nature IS music, and music IS nature. What I mean by this is, that music exists because of nature and it is in our nature to memorialize and appreciate the timelessness of existence and music is one of the most connected and raw platforms in which we display it. The foundations of music and melodies are tied all the way back to observing the natural world (whale song, babbling brooks, birds chirping, natural disaster) and how we have come to embrace the "musical" aspects in nature as a way of permanently preserving what time seems to actively erase.

In 2001, Gray, et al., went as far as to say that humans have a requirement for music making, as if we have an inherent desire to perform, create and memorialize the aspects of our culture, where we are in the role, how we experience it and how important it is to preserve nature in its most basic elements. The same "need" is supported in our text (Beck, et al., 2018), with how media itself has become the centre of so many focal points in our history, everything from the sounds of war and patriotism, to teenage rebellion and self identification, and providing a voice to those facing injustice. Music exists as part of our nature because nature promotes the music in us as humans, for example; all of the different sections of a church choir, each individual responsible for a different sound, story, and support to relay a message from moments passed in hopes of spreading gratitude and love. In the textbook (Beck, et al, 2018), it talks about the use of music and media in interpretation, that when used properly to invigorate and bring awareness to resource issues, historical or natural, the results have been overwhelmingly positive in support of providing deeper connections, strong ties to the community and an overall more focused directive in support of nature.

On a more personal note, the song I have chosen that transcends me immediately to a natural landscape is "Universal Sound by Tyler Childers". The songs lyrics though dreary and heartfelt at times, paint a picture of immersion and aligned frequency with the natural world. I think as our lives get busier and busier, we forget to listen to the "universal sound" or the rhythms and music of nature. We forget that as people, we are part of this world and will forever be connected to it, in life or in death. The importance being to always remember that we are a part of something greater than ourselves and to make sure we don't lose the ability to hear the universal sound. As long as nature persists, there will be music, and music to focus and reconnect us to nature when life gets too loud.

References

Beck, L, Cable, Ted T., Knudson, D. M. (2018). Interpreting Natural & Cultural Heritage. Sagamore-Venture Publishing. 2018

Gray, Patricia M., et al. "The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music." Science, vol. 291, no. 5501, 5 Jan. 2001, p. 52. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A69270354/AONE?u=guel77241&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=fb9366a8. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.