Art of Listening 2/3

Articulations & Wonder

"Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve." - John Wheeler

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Blood Lies: Race Trait(or) + (forthcoming) Percussing the Thinking Jar

Listen only for Footsteps

Recipe for Listening #1 Go for a walk in a populated area, and listen only for footsteps. Try to walk softly so you are not just...

"Asking the right questions in the first place takes as much work as any other process." - Jonathan Burrows, A Choreographer's Handbook...

Water is visible, so we can see how it travels. It takes the path of least resistance, surrenders to gravity's downwards tugs and heat's...

The wind was wild at the wetlands yesterday. It roared through the land-and-water-scape. It raced across and howled into my ears. It...

Listening generally puts me into a peaceful frame of mind, but every now and then a sound strikes me as funny, pleasantly rattles my...

I spent a week at my aunt's house earlier this month. Her home has been a frequently visited peaceful retreat for me for well over a...

While camping in the Mojave desert last week, I heard coyotes every night. Early in the night, while my friend and I drank our beverages...

Listening is a deeply personal experience. It is a matter of our brain translating soundwaves into an experience of sonic perception. Our...

Every so often, my ears wake up, and when they do, I hear things I've never heard before. My eyes do this too, and suddenly I see things...

"What's your growth edge?" I had just met a woman for the first time at a party, and after we exchanged names and vocations, this was her...