In this blog post, there are several audio players that will play the recordings I made at the first gathering of our sound circle.
I invite you to listen to these discoveries and insights shared by the sound circle
participants.
I hope you enjoy this Nature Circles experience!
1. Tom's introduction, meet the folks in our Sound Circle, and Janice talks about discovering “deeper sounds.”
(Also, 2 minutes into this recording, something amazing happens! Listen for the wind sounds made by flocks of birds zipping right over our heads! The flocks zig-zagged in perfect unison! It was one of the natural miracles during our Nature Circles!)
Tom's Nature Sounds Recording
I spent 10 minutes sitting beside the pond at FGTC Sanctuary, using the technique of "deep listening" to take in the many sounds around me. I also ran my sound recorder, so that you can get a feel for these sounds.
After the listening session, we reconvened our group to share and explore each of our listening experiences.
2. Antoinette talks of sound paintings. A relationship with the sound landscape.
3. Patty
I'm amazed at the group intelligence that gets displayed when people share their experiences. When Janice studied her focus on sound, she remembered the idea of the "quarter turn." Years ago, TV sets had a main station dial, and a secondary dial used for fine-tuning reception -- you made quarter turn to clear the picture.
In the same way, Janice found that as she literally turned her body, and turned her attention a quarter turn, she discovered sounds that had been hidden. Others in our group explored this idea.
4. Marianne
5. Tom
6. Carol and Tom
An observation from Alaska: the bugs are the same as the bears.
7. Antoinette
8. Janice and Carol
Some nice stand-out quotes:
"I tried to let my thinking go...I tried feeling the sounds."
"I had a panoramic sound experience."
"Once I could get rid of the self-talk, it was a better experience. It's just about quieting your mind, and listening sometimes."
9. Patty
"Nature rocking me."
10. Airplane fly-by, and calmness around wildlife
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2 comments:
Hi Tom,
This is a beautiful way to experience the depth of what Nature Circles is about. Thank you for serving humanity/nature in this way...awesome blog!
Joe
Hello,
I am sitting in a cafe, with bustling sounds of music, chatter, clanging all around me, and on headphones listening to the sounds from your soundcircle. The birds wooshing and chirping, the wind, your sharings. I feel the experiences you recorded are co-existing with me now, even here in this coffee shop. I am invited into relationship with the sounds of nature that you experienced and recorded. Thank you!
~ Marnie
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