Virtual Event Author Natalie Hodges in Discussion with Michael Pollan
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Wed, Apr 06 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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3321 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Please join us for an enlightening discussion between authors Natalie Hodges and Michael Pollan on Wednesday, April 6 at 7 p.m.
UNCOMMON MEASURE-
A virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode of artistic becoming
How does time shape consciousness and consciousness, time? Do we live in time, or does time live in us? And how does music, with its patterns of rhythm and harmony, inform our experience of time?
Uncommon Measure explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until performance anxiety forced her to give up the dream of becoming a concert solo violinist. Anchoring her story in illuminating research in neuroscience and quantum physics, Hodges traces her own passage through difficult family dynamics, prejudice, and enormous personal expectations to come to terms with the meaning of a life reimagined–one still shaped by classical music but moving toward the freedom of improvisation.
About the Author
Natalie Hodges has performed as a classical violinist throughout Colorado and in New York, Boston, Paris, and the Italian Piedmont, as well as at the Aspen Music Festival and the Stowe Tango Music Festival. She graduated from Harvard University, where she studied English and music, and lives in Denver, Colorado. Uncommon Measure is her first book.
Michael Pollan is the author of nine books, including HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, COOKED, FOOD RULES, IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA, THE BOTANY OF DESIRE, and most recently, 2021’s THIS IS YOUR MIND ON PLANTS, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. He is also the author of the audiobook CAFFEINE: HOW COFFE AND TEA CREATED THE MODERN WORLD. A longtime contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Pollan teaches writing at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.
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