Transported

We've all had the experience: a song comes on, and suddenly we're not where we were. We're back in the past, or living out a future that never happened, or imagining a scene that never existed. In Transported, Elizabeth Margulis explores the phenomenon of musical daydreams-the vivid, spontaneous, emotionally redolent scenes, stories and memories we lapse into while listening to music-and argues that these everyday reveries offer a powerful and underappreciated window into how we think and feel. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, ethnography and revelations from her own teaching and research, Margulis debunks oversimplified myths and illuminates music's true potential to alleviate anxiety, reignite creativity and foster connection.


At a time when distraction dominates, Transported makes a powerful case for music as one of the last realms where the mind is still free to wander.