Fight or Flight: When resistance feels worth it

Photo of  Noa Kageyama at age 2.5. First Summer of Suzuki camp – 1978. Article by Isa Adney. ConvertKit – Creator Stories.

It started as a joke, really, during Noa Kageyama’s first year of graduate studies at Juilliard, walking to lunch with friends after a gig.

By that time, Noa had been playing and practicing the violin almost every day since he was two years old, and he’d done the impossible; he was on a career path to become a full-time professional musician, studying at the world’s premier performing arts school.

And one day, as he and his friends walked the iconic campus, instruments in tow, the classic lottery conversation came up – they joked about what they’d do if they won. After the crazy cars and multi-story Manhattan penthouse ideas were shared and laughed about, they started soberly considering what they’d do with their time. […]

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