Creative Arts & Humor for Healing (Jan 2009)

* * *  HEALING THROUGH THE CREATIVE ARTS  * * *       

New 'Mozart' – 5 year-old adopted blind girl plays any tune she hears just once       

A blind five-year-old pianist from South Korea has stunned the music world after a video of her performance received more than 27million hits. Yoo Ye-eun, who was born blind and adopted in 2002, has never had a formal piano lesson but can play any song after just one listen. And now her remarkable talent is set to propel her to stardom as clips of her amazing performance have attracted millions of viewers to Korean website Pandora TV. A similar clip on YouTube has so far received two million hits. Her display on 'Star King', a Korean talent show, earned the youngster £500 in prize money and moved the studio audience to tears. (...) Ye-eun, whose act includes classics from such composers as Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, practices every day and says her ambition is to become 'a great pianist.' Watch her perform
Forwarded by: Jean Hudon

Russian Bar Trio
Amazing acrobatic precision.
Forwarded by Bill Sweet

* * *  HUMOR IS HEALING * * *

SMILE
From: Martin Brofman
Healing has many forms. A bit on the long side (16 ½ minutes), so view when you want a solid feelgood boost.