ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 8月10日 07時00分

For decades, Milford Graves has devoted himself to studying the heartbeat as a source of rhythm as a groundbreaking avant-garde jazz drummer. It transpired that Graves, now in his 70s, had all along been creating a technique to keep his own heart beating.⁣
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When amyloid cardiomyopathy, sometimes called stiff heart syndrome, was diagnosed in 2018, he was told he had 6 months to live. The condition has no cure, and he has come close to death several times. But Graves has hardly surrendered to the illness. Although he is under the care of a cardiologist, he is also using the alternative techniques he has spent decades researching.⁣
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“It turns out, I was studying the heart to prepare for treating myself,” he said.⁣
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His diagnosis has only invigorated his research, musical explorations and creative output as a visual artist, whose daily fight against the disease has become something of a performance art project. In recent months, Graves has been listening constantly to his own heart with a stethoscope and monitoring it with an ultrasound device he bought on eBay. ⁣
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Tap the link in our bio to read more about how he is treating himself with his decades-long biofeedback techniques. Photo by Mark Christman.⁣

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