political power ⁽²⁾

Music is usually celebrated as the universal language of humanity, a force capable of bringing people together, healing wounds, and transcending borders. We associate it with beauty, harmony, and creativity, with the lullabies of childhood or the symphonies of genius.

We often hear about the importance of critical thinking, the ability to analyze evidence, question assumptions, explore perspectives, and foresee implications. Charts and frameworks, like the one that lays out the “cycle of critical thinking,” make it seem so…