Comments on: Voices from the Flats – Notes from Prison and the Redemptive Power of Music http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/ Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: billblast http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144929 billblast Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:41:07 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144929 as a musician and a human being, i wasn't able to get past the line about 'practicing those eighth notes' before i was weeping. still can't see to type very well. bless you for bringing, on many levels, light into darkness. as a musician and a human being, i wasn’t able to get past the line about ‘practicing those eighth notes’ before i was weeping. still can’t see to type very well. bless you for bringing, on many levels, light into darkness.

]]> By: Lee323 http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144802 Lee323 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:41:01 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144802 Inspirational post. Thank you. I can't help thinking how important and life-changing a similar passion for creating an orchestra for children/teens at risk would be.....before they committed the crimes which resulted in "long sentences." "Redemption" could be replaced by "Deliverance." Inspirational post. Thank you.

I can’t help thinking how important and life-changing a similar passion for creating an orchestra for children/teens at risk would be…..before they committed the crimes which resulted in “long sentences.”
“Redemption” could be replaced by “Deliverance.”

]]> By: hjmler http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144681 hjmler Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:40:30 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144681 damn - one hellofa job of reporting Pati Crofut, i'll be watching for your byline... and goddamn that we're still so primitive we think prisons are any answer... damn – one hellofa job of reporting Pati Crofut, i’ll be watching for your byline…

and goddamn that we’re still so primitive we think prisons are any answer…

]]> By: Forty Watt http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144647 Forty Watt Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:46:07 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144647 I'm sending it to all my colleagues who only theorize about the power of art. Thank you. I’m sending it to all my colleagues who only theorize about the power of art.

Thank you.

]]> By: Say No to Palin in Politics http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144643 Say No to Palin in Politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:35:12 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144643 I'm sending this out to my musician friends. I’m sending this out to my musician friends.

]]> By: A Fan From Chicago http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144641 A Fan From Chicago Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:31:59 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144641 I don't have faintest idea what, or where, the cockles of my heart are, but this story warmed all of them. I don’t have faintest idea what, or where, the cockles of my heart are, but this story warmed all of them.

]]> By: Say No to Palin in Politics http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144640 Say No to Palin in Politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:30:11 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144640 What an absolutely wonderful program! It makes total sense. Music is a natural healer, to the mind, soul and body. Play on beautiful women, never ever stop. What an absolutely wonderful program! It makes total sense. Music is a natural healer, to the mind, soul and body. Play on beautiful women, never ever stop.

]]> By: merlinAK http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144632 merlinAK Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:02:18 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144632 What an inspiring story. What an inspiring story.

]]> By: jojobo1 http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144613 jojobo1 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:51:05 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144613 Great article .more prisons should adopt something like this and make sure it is supported.I would think it would make a long week or day shorter and keep minds occupied. Great article .more prisons should adopt something like this and make sure it is supported.I would think it would make a long week or day shorter and keep minds occupied.

]]> By: marnie http://www.themudflats.net/2009/11/03/notes-from-prison-the-redemptive-power-of-music/#comment-144605 marnie Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:14:05 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=7777#comment-144605 Excellent idea. Women's prison programs, because they are such a small part of prison budgeting often get short shrift. It's good that some one in the white shirts listened and facilitated this effort. Regardless of what kind of music is played or heard it can reach places in the mind and heart that we close to other sensations, and music can bring peace and it can help heal. It can be a haven in a chaotic world. Great for AKM to print this article. The world is always bigger than we each in our small universes think it to be. Excellent idea.
Women’s prison programs, because they are such a small part of prison budgeting often get short shrift. It’s good that some one in the white shirts listened and facilitated this effort.

Regardless of what kind of music is played or heard it can reach places in the mind and heart that we close to other sensations, and music can bring peace and it can help heal. It can be a haven in a chaotic world.

Great for AKM to print this article. The world is always bigger than we each in our small universes think it to be.

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