Robert Gupta, violinist in the LA Philharmonic, shares his story about he became Nathaniel Ayers's violin teacher. Ayers is the man man featured in the book and movie, "The Soloist," a well-educated and decorated musician whose life was turned upside down by schizophrenia. In Gupta's story, he explains that the first lesson was fearful... Ayers started imagining illusions and fading into a schizophrenic phase when Gupta just began playing the violin... immediately, Ayers started playing by ear and the two engaged in musical conversation. Ayers's imagination was transformed into his musical phrasing instead of just another phase of temporary insanity. "Music is medicine, music is sanity." - Robert Gupta.
Its amazing how the human brain can find an affinity with music to help save someone's sanity, and for all intensive purposes, someone's life.
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