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14-String PeaceHarp

I’m SO excited to be the new owner of a 14-string PeaceHarp! JoEllen Knight makes both the 12-string and 14-string PeaceHarps. Her [...]

14-String PeaceHarpTami Briggs2025-05-13T11:57:02-05:00

Winter Solstice Meditation

The day of least light in the northern hemisphere is coming up on December 21st. To honor and celebrate this special day, [...]

Winter Solstice MeditationTami Briggs2024-12-17T12:02:23-06:00

More on Harp Strings

I want to share a bit more about my recent harp string break. In the previous blog post, I mentioned it sounds [...]

More on Harp StringsTami Briggs2024-07-16T10:05:22-05:00

PeaceMakers Unite!

Did you see the Oscars and the winner for best actor? That was Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer. And did you listen to [...]

PeaceMakers Unite!Tami Briggs2024-04-23T11:11:28-05:00

Anchors of Peace

Last June, I learned of a peace movement initiative called Peace on Earth by 2030. It is spearheaded by David Gershon of [...]

Anchors of PeaceTami Briggs2024-03-26T09:45:06-05:00

Happy New Year from Musical Reflections!

At Musical Reflections, it is a favorite time of year as we begin anew … Happy New Year! Our sincere hope for [...]

Happy New Year from Musical Reflections!Tami Briggs2024-01-03T10:34:05-06:00

Happy Solstice from Musical Reflections

In two days, we will experience the solstice. (Winter in the northern hemisphere; summer in the southern hemisphere.) It always feels like [...]

Happy Solstice from Musical ReflectionsTami Briggs2023-12-19T12:23:30-06:00

Happy Holidays from Musical Reflections

On November 23rd, we will celebrate Thanksgiving (a U.S. holiday). The next day, our culture “flips” into holiday preparation with a vengeance! [...]

Happy Holidays from Musical ReflectionsTami Briggs2023-11-21T12:46:33-06:00

A Month of Gratitude

During the month of November, we celebrate our gratitude and the many blessings that we feel so thankful for: Our involvement with [...]

A Month of GratitudeTami Briggs2023-11-07T09:25:46-06:00

Peace on Earth by 2030 Initiative

In early June this year, I learned of a peace movement initiative called Peace on Earth by 2030. It is spearheaded by [...]

Peace on Earth by 2030 InitiativeTami Briggs2023-10-19T09:42:37-05:00

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“David took a harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.”

1 Samuel 16:23

“Music speaks straight to our hearts and spirits, to the very core and root of our souls.”

Charles Kingsley

“The human being is essentially sound, vibrations, and melody.…”

Holger Kalweit

“Seek out a wise player on a harp: and it shall come to pass…that he shall play with his hand and thou shalt be well.”

I Samuel 16:16

“Music has been called the speech of angels.”

“Surrounded by the right sounds, we all can be invigorated, energized, and balanced. It has been demonstrated clinically that music adds to our general health and well-being.”

John Diamond

“Music is an extremely important instrument of the Divine.”

Hal A. Lingerman

“I am Music….Even before life began upon this earth, I was here—in the winds and the waves….And when Man came, I at once became the most delicate, most subtle, and most powerful medium for the expression of Man’s emotions….For I speak to all men, in a language that all understand….I am the food of love. I have taught men gentleness and peace. I comfort the lonely. I am a necessary luxury to all men.”

Anonymous

“Through vibration, harmony, tone, melody and meaning, music stimulates within us direct experience of expanded reality.”

Barbara Marx Hubbard

“Art is more than important—it is central to how we see ourselves, what we believe about ourselves, and how we present ourselves to each other.”

Bill Ivey

“…the time is fast approaching when Man will select his music with the same intelligent care and knowledge he now uses to select his food. When that time comes, music will become a principal source of healing for many individual and social ills, and human evolution will be tremendously accelerated.”

Corinne Helene

“Music is the answer to the mystery of life; it is the most profound of all the arts; it expresses the deepest thoughts of life and being; a simple language which nonetheless cannot be translated.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.”

Charlie Parker

“Music is God’s best gift to [humans], the only art of heaven given to earth, the only art of earth that we take to heaven.”

Charles W. Landon

“Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible.”

Charles Munch

“Music touches our innermost being and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man’s life.”

Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Music is the soundtrack of your life.”

Dick Clark

“The more we cultivate great music in our lives, the greater will be our attunement to unlimited sources of the Creator’s power and direction.”