Montreal, Nov 25, 2018, 3:32 pm (inspired by Pauline Oliveros, on a cold, cold day) Action notes: Action constraints:
Read moreMontreal, Nov 24, 2018, 1:23 pm (after reading Douglas Kahn’s chapter on Pauline Oliveros) Action notes: In Douglas Kahn’s chapter on Pauline Oliveros in Earth Sound Earth Signal compares R. Murray Schafer’s notion of Soundscape to Oliveros’s Sonosphere. While there…
Read moreMontreal, Nov 23, 2018, 6:47 pm (“Environmental Dialogues” action; from Pauline’s Sonic Meditations document) Action notes: Following instructions: I settle in the living room, with O playing the next room over and N on the couch next to me. I observe my…
Read moreMontreal, Nov 22, 2018, 7:17 pm (from Pauline’s Sonic Meditations document) Action notes: Wandered around the apartment, barefoot, feeling both the cold of the floor and the gentle vibrations of the space — presumably heating and suchlike making gentle vibrations….
Read moreMontreal, Nov 21, 2018, 3:26 pm (“Teach Yourself to Fly” action; from Pauline’s Sonic Meditations document) Action notes: Here, the action of breathing, tuning in to the sound of breath, and allowing that sounding to amplify, had the effect of…
Read moreOttawa, Nov 19, 2018, 1:44 pm (“special procedures” action; from Pauline’s Sonic Meditations document) Action notes: This action was joyful. The act of making playful sounds helped uplift a body (mine) that has been feeling unhealthy. Imagining playful sounds similarly “lifted”…
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