Video: Seeing Bach as Argument

Dr. Diamond recounts how he helped a professional pianist overcome his antipathy to the music of Bach. A beautiful example of how music and life interconnect. From the "Music for Healing" series of informal talks. See

2025-08-15T13:46:19-04:00December 10, 2019|

“The Harmony of All the Billions”

“A hundred billion stars in our galaxy, hundreds of billions of galaxies beyond our own.”
–Richard Panek, The 4% Universe

And there’s the other 96% of which we know nothing – the so-called dark matter and dark energy.

2025-08-15T13:46:19-04:00December 8, 2019|

“The Less the Artist Does, the Better”

All activities – including art, of course – are the result of Guidance. And the extent to which the artist’s ego intrudes is also Guided.

2025-08-15T13:46:19-04:00December 5, 2019|

Video: The Hand-in-Hand Music Program

A remarkable example of altruism in music: the Hand-in-Hand Program at the Australian National University in Canberra. From the "Music for Healing" series of informal talks. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.

2025-08-15T13:46:19-04:00December 3, 2019|

“The Power of a Black Dot”

Simple
and Still,
and Infinite.

A dot is still and simple and infinite.

Consider a black dot – singular – on a sheet of white paper.

2025-08-15T13:46:19-04:00December 1, 2019|

“The Notes That Must Be Obeyed”

When the usual musician plays music, or sings it, or even dances to it – or even when just listening to it – he is constantly thinking of the notes. The notes that must be obeyed.

2025-08-15T13:46:19-04:00November 28, 2019|

Video: Painting – The Power of the Dot

Dr. Diamond discusses the therapeutic power of this most simple of devices. From the "Art for Healing" series of informal talks. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.

2025-08-15T13:46:20-04:00November 26, 2019|

“Little Boy Lost – and Found”

On a busy street the little boy has lost his mother. He runs towards one mother – then stops because she’s not her. And then another. And another. Becoming ever more desperate.

And then he sees her and runs to her – arms open, smiling.

2025-08-15T13:46:20-04:00November 24, 2019|

“Before Image, Only Movement”

Su Tung-p’o, the great painter and poet of the Song dynasty, stated that “To judge a picture by its resemblance is to have the critical faculty of a child.”

2025-08-15T13:46:20-04:00November 21, 2019|

Video: What Did Beethoven Really Want to Write?

What at the deepest level did Beethoven really want to compose? Dr. Diamond discusses. From the "Music for Healing" series of informal talks. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.

2025-08-15T13:46:20-04:00November 19, 2019|
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