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Transcript of Bolt From the Blue
7/17/2019 Bolt From the Blue
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The Bolt from the Blue deals with a couple peculiar cases of people
who gained a fond appreciation of music after a life changing moment. For
Tony Cicoria, it was a lightning strike that caused an out-of-body experience
and for Salimah , it was the remo!al of a brain tumor. The author, "li!er
Sacks, was !ery intrigued by both of these cases and set out to #gure out if
there was a connection between them. $s he explains, there has to be some
connection between the neural acti!ity of the brain and this sudden
fascination of the arts from two people who were pre!iously not concerned
with them. % tend to agree with Sacks, as there must be a certain part of the
brain which deals with these interests that was a&ected in both cases. 'hile
near death experiences ha!e always been linked to changes in a person(s
attitude towards life and appreciating what they ha!e, an appreciation of
music is di&erent but must be somehow connected. )owe!er, Tony Cicoria,
e!en as an orthopedic surgeon, leaned towards the spiritual side as the
reason for this musical dri!e. There is no *uestion that his life had changed,
and not surprisingly considering he was looking down at his body for a
couple minutes which is sure to change ones attitude. +e!ertheless, the
similar circumstances in both these cases lead me and "li!er Sacks to
belie!e there is a connection between the physicological inclinations and
neural acti!ity in the brain.