In 2008, Bill Moyers, of PBS’ Bill Moyers Journal, interviewed Mark Johnson, Co-Founder of Playing for Change. Johnson stated, “Well I think music is the one thing that opens the door to bringing people to a place where they are all connected. It is easy to connect to the world through music, you know.” Johnson strives to bring musicians together from around the world to unify the world. Bill Moyers explained, “The film brings together musicians from around the world - from blues singers in a waterlogged New Orleans, to chamber groups in Moscow and a South African choir - they celebrate songs familiar and new, to touch something common in each of us.” Johnson transformed distance musicians to one band singing “Stand b Me”. Johnson recounted a time ten years ago when he was in a New York city subway and two monks covered in white played music, creating a crowd of about two hundred people. These normal subway riders collectively stopped with tears in their eyes to hear a monk on a nylon guitar and the other singing in a foreign language. Because of the …show more content…
He understands there is no reason to fear because as the grass wither and the flower fades one does not know how long his residence would be in this world. Johnson presents many around the world begging for someone to stand by them. They do not want to be alone, yet be collectively united. Collectively united people ought to understand what they are united in. These people can be united by philosophies or theologies. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was united on the belief of communism. The United States was united on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Academia is united on the philosophies of man. ISIS is united on Islam, and the Church of Christ is united on the gospel. The above-listed examples are not always founded on what is true, honorable, and just. Music is a language that appeals to pathos. As emotions change the united peace