Out-of-Body Experiences

In Light Sonata, Rupert experiences outrageous sensations while playing the piano—floating out his body, for instance. Yet he plays beautifully. Could these sensations offer special freedoms for great pianism, perhaps like lightening speeds in a pianist’s fingers? And what if these sensations occur not from madness, but from genius? Or what if “ordinary minds” could experience them?

Listen to what Henrik Ehrsson, an innovative neuroscientist from the Karolinska Institute, has to say about “being attached to our bodies.”