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The Formative Power of Music

Songs can tear us apart and then apologize; build us up. Music has the power to heal. Within its crescendos we cry and inside its lyrics we soar.
These are the songs’ stories that show the power of music, specifically when it comes to figuring out who we are and where we fit in with respect to our personalities.

Trapped in a tin can

Posted on July 22, 2017July 23, 2025 by Ellen Eldridge

Songs can tear us apart and then apologize; build us up. Music has the power to heal. Within its crescendos we cry and inside its lyrics we soar.
These are the songs’ stories that show the power of music, specifically when it comes to figuring out who we are and where we fit in with respect to our personalities

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The power of stillness

Posted on July 16, 2017June 30, 2026 by Ellen Eldridge

Musician Angie Aparo learns life-altering lessons from near-death experience Originally published July 16, 2017, by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A pounding headache woke Angie Aparo early one April morning last year. A bout of nausea followed, sending him to the toilet. The pain was so severe; he was frightened. But he’d had his annual physical just…

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