DNA and Music (General)

by BBella , Saturday, July 03, 2010, 08:13 (5069 days ago)

Wasn't sure what category to place this under so just placed it under general.-I found these links in my email recently that spoke of the connection between DNA, music and healing. This information might have been discussed here before but I'm not aware of it. I thought some here that listen to classical music would appreciate these links. It may not be new info here, in Agnostic Web, but it was news to me (altho the info itself is not). When I began my healing process it was done thru inward exploration. At the same time I was moved to begin writing poetry that expressed my finding in my explorations of the universe I found within. Much of my poetry in those first years spoke of music I sensed from the eons written within all that IS. Maybe if I had known how to play an instrument and write music I would have written music instead of poetry.-Intro:-Larry Dossey, M.D. in his article, "The Body as Music," addresses a deep level of music when he states: "Why are we moved by music? One reason may be that the body itself is intrinsically musical, right down to the DNA that makes up our genes." The idea that DNA and music might be connected originates with the work of Dr. Susumu Ohno, a geneticist at the Beckman Institute of the City of Hope Hospital in Duarte, California. Dr. Ohno has notated more than fifteen songs based on the DNA of a variety of living organisms. He finds that the more evolved an organism, the more complicated the music. The DNA of a single-cell protozoan, for example, translates into a simple four-note repetition. But music transcribed from human DNA......such as the body's receptor site for insulin......is much more complex. "Listeners knowledgeable about classical music hear similarities between these DNA-based compositions and the music of Bach, Brahms, Chopin, and other great composers," writes Dr. Ohno.
"DNA melodies are majestic and inspiring. Many persons hearing them for the first time are moved to tears. They cannot believe that their bodies, which they believed to be mere collections of chemicals, contain such uplifting, inspiring harmonies......that they are musical." -http://www.nslij-genetics.org/dnacorr/l-imm86-oo.html-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766288/-http://www.musicandmeaning.net/issues/pdf/JMMart_8_5.pdf-http://www.vantagequest.org/trees/door2.htm