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The empirical case — from 30,000 studies — that sustained engagement with art is a pillar of health: the science behind what elegance already knows about beauty and well-being.

The epidemiologist whose Art Cure makes the empirical case that engagement with the arts is a pillar of health.

Music is the domain that most rewards the disciplined ear — and the disciplined ear is the one that has been trained, through years of close listening, to follow the musical argument. This is not the same as technical proficiency. It is the capacity to hear where a piece has come from, where it is going, and whether it arrives.