I’ve always said that music doesn’t belong at the top of Maslow’s triangle- we can flip the triangle on it’s side and take care of the whole person. I’ve also said that I’d like to work myself out of a job- if we hadn’t spent decades cutting funding to arts education (and education in general), and if our culture could remove the “be famous or never sing” mindset, maybe we wouldn’t need arts therapies. But those things haven’t happened, and we do need arts therapies. We need to give people space to explore their creative side, to reconnect with their authentic voice, to find expression for what they may not have words. Music therapy should be there for people whether they’re dealing with illness or are just navigating a healthy life.
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