Lessons from the Shakuhacki | Lee Watanabe Crockett | TEDxWestVancouverED

What is the sound you leave in the world? There are many lessons to be gained learning to play this ancient Japanese instrument. This Talk provides insight into life and learning through a lesson on the shakuhachi.

Lee Crockett is an author, speaker, designer, inspirational thinker and the creative force behind some of the most exciting transformations in education happening worldwide today. But, that’s all in a day’s work. In life, Lee believes in creating balance in the reality of a digital present and future. As such, he has cultivated skills in Aikido, studied tea ceremony while living in Japan, as well as studied painting in Florence. He also studies traditional Zen Buddhist music which he performs on a Shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute.

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