Dear Friends, I’ve been inspired by the Deep Listening practices of Pauline Oliveros for many years. Oliveros was a composer who created new forms of sonic meditation that could be practiced by anyone, whether or not they had musical training. These compositions were centered on listening and many are expressed as simple or poetic instructions. One of my favorite is “Take a walk at night. Walk so silently that your feet become ears.”
Sal we are so on the same page… all your stuff just knocks me out - but I am so deep into my own weird processes that I’m going to have to wait til later to read it all. Maybe I’ll do a lecture series based on your book… it’s a thought… and you could make guest appearances…
This is fascinating! I kind of wished I'd read this before writing my response to the Cornell box. How cool would it be to listen to that one? I may try it anyway. I'm not surprised to see that Laurie Anderson write the forward to Quantum Listening. Her retrospective at the Hirshhorn in DC last year was amazing.
oh yes!
Sal we are so on the same page… all your stuff just knocks me out - but I am so deep into my own weird processes that I’m going to have to wait til later to read it all. Maybe I’ll do a lecture series based on your book… it’s a thought… and you could make guest appearances…
Oh, I’d love to do that! I’ve been meaning to take a deep-dive into your world as well.
This is fascinating! I kind of wished I'd read this before writing my response to the Cornell box. How cool would it be to listen to that one? I may try it anyway. I'm not surprised to see that Laurie Anderson write the forward to Quantum Listening. Her retrospective at the Hirshhorn in DC last year was amazing.
Maybe we should keep going & try this foe a second round?
I'm IN!
Let’s do it!
oh beautiful! love this thank you for sharing. Reminds me too of John Cage on silence and music and Duchamp's silence and sound art.