![]() ![]() And especially with all the traveling, most days were devoted exclusively to music. SHANKAR: I had a special schedule at school to lump all my classes together so that I'd come home a little bit early and get a little bit more practice in. The focus was on playing by ear and making beautiful sound. Maya's mother didn't know much about Western classical music, but she signed up her daughter for lessons using the Suzuki method. VEDANTAM: Even as a child, Maya immediately loved everything about the violin - the way it looked, the way it felt, the way it sounded. I just loved the feeling of playing the violin. And I was immediately taken kind of by the tactile sensation of the instrument - I mean, the wood and the bow. SHANKAR: Each of my three older siblings had rejected the violin, saying that it wasn't cool enough, and my mom finally gave me the instrument. And so my mom had her old violin in our attic for many years. SHANKAR: My grandmother was an Indian classical violinist. VEDANTAM: "Loss And Renewal," this week on HIDDEN BRAIN. ![]() MAYA SHANKAR: I was really devastated to lose something that I was completely in love with and so passionate about and that had really constituted such a large part of my life and my identity, you know? I was, first and foremost, a violinist. We might not be able to control some of the things that happen to us, but we can shift the way we perceive and respond to them. So this year, for our annual You 2.0 series about reinvention, we are focusing on the ways in which change comes into and out of our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic and the recession have upended many peoples' lives and will continue to do so in the months to come. VEDANTAM: You don't need me to tell you that 2020 has been a year of change and disruption. ![]()
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