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Old 11-21-2009, 07:43 PM
Bob Dawson Bob Dawson is offline
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Default Parkinson's: Yes, we can dance.

Music, dance (even dancing sitting in a chair). PLEASE DO IT. Whatever music puts you in the Zone- the place where you float away with the music; the music that speaks of you and speaks to you and speaks for you;
any kind of music that makes you resonate.
Me, it's the Blues. Loud. Drumbeat. Almost out of control. For one of my buddies, it's Hank Williams. For Dr. Bin Hu, it's Chinese opera - actually any opera - he cries all the way through.
And Jules Olitski fainted the first time he saw a Vermeer; and Liv took care of John, who has Parkinson's, and they got in an altercation at a Margie Gillis show.
Blues is a healer. Music is a healer. Dance is a healer.
Olie Westheimer tells me over and over FOCUS ON THE DANCE, NOT THE DISEASE
I have a blog about it but right now I don't remember its URL. I think it exists, though
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