painting by Joseph Raffael
“Mathieu has found the words to tell the
power of music.”
— Pete Seeger
The Listening Book - Discovering Your Own Music (1991)
(1991) — The Listening Book is about rediscovering the power of listening as an instrument of self-discovery and personal transformation. By exploring our capacity for listening to sound and for making music, we can awaken and release our full creative powers. Mathieu offers suggestions and encouragement on many aspects of music-making, and provides playful exercises to help readers appreciate the connection between sound, music, and everyday life.
The Listening Book
is available from Shambhala Publications
The Listening Book
is also available as an audiobook here