ABSTRACT
Psychotherapy's aim, in general, is to teach self-talk - to help people grow a capacity for thoughtful internal dialogue. Over time, the practice lessons between therapist and patient are internalized. As Aaron grew more comfortable, happier and more relaxed, engaging more readily in conventional therapeutic activities with the psychology and rehab departments, and so on, and allowing more of the clinical staff into his circle of contact, they turned off the music. The gestural bridge here - in music form - speaks to the long-standing but underutilized nursing concept. Rhythmic patterns are inscribed as a fundamental constituent of identity, reverberating in our oldest memories and fundamental sense of self. The English romantic poet William Wordworth is considered the master of poetic rhythm, his huge body of work dense with a spare oscillating murmur, a determinacy that replicates, in sound, the rhythmicity of a walk in the countryside.
