Originating from Italian and Proto-Indo-European and first recorded in 1724, Pianissimo means to play music ‘very softly’. It’s a superlative of piano, which is ultimately is from Latin planus “flat, smooth, even,” later “soft” (from PIE root *pele- (2) “flat; to spread”).
Third ear listening – pianissimo
“The analyst, like his patient,” wrote Reik, “knows things without knowing that he knows them. The voice that speaks in him, speaks low, but he who listens with a third ear hears also what is expressed almost noiselessly, what is said pianissimo. There are instances in which things a person has said in psychoanalysis are consciously not even heard by the analyst, but nonetheless understood and interpreted. There are others about which one can say: in one ear, out the other, and in the third.
Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening by Elizabeth Rosner
Extracted from: Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening by Elizabeth Rosner
A world of exquisite beauty and expansive awareness awaits if only we open up our ears and listen with our ‘Third Ear’ for greater connection, understanding and love of all beings. Elizabeth Rosner is a wonderfully vivid and artful weaver of liminal worlds of quietude and sound.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Genre: Spirituality, self-love, self-awareness, psychology, history
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Review in one word: Pianissimo
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The word pianissimo reminded me of the days learning piano. I remember it is abbreviated as ‘pp’! I really like that quote you shared from the book. Some things are heard, somethings are heard through feeling whether we know it or not. I think I have to read this book now, it really sounds like something I might enjoy 😊
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Thank you so much for popping by and reading dear Mabel. That’s interesting that the abbreviation is pp. What a wonderful skill to have to be able to play piano. Yes this word is so beautiful both the sound of it being said and its meaning for sure. I think you are 100% right you would love this book and I hope you get the chance to read it 😊 😘 📚
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