Monday, January 05, 2015

Of Worldly and Otherworldly States of Being

Some sounds reflect the marketplace, the social setting, the spectacle of culture.


Other sounds are out of range of the excitement of crowds, the diversions and distractions of the mass media, and the charms of vicarious emotional experience.

These latter sounds are the ones that evoke atmospheres, provoke questions and speculations, and call up images that elevate consciousness beyond the transitory and the mundane aspects of life.