Acoustic ecology is such an interesting concept. We’re
surrounded by sounds all the time and don’t really notice or pay attention to
them. Sometimes, when I’m reading a book and I have the television on in the
background I can tune it out and then it’s always so fascinating to me how I
can focus my ears in on the sound again.
I think if I lived where the man in the video “Listen”
lives, I would lose my mind. I absolutely hate silence so I couldn’t deal with
how quiet it is there. I always have to have some kind of sound, even when I’m
going to sleep, so there’s just no way I would be able to function in a place
that’s so quiet.
The article we read refers to cities as “sonic sewers” which
I think is an interesting term. I find city noises much more comforting than
noises you would hear in the country. I also thought it was absolutely crazy
that some people are copyrighting sounds. I just can’t believe that that’s a
thing that people can seriously do. It seems so silly to me. Overall, I liked
this topic because I’ve always thought it was really cool how even when we
think we’re surrounded by silence, we’re always hearing something, no matter
what.
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