Listen for the future. Craft a sound for each vision.

Kitchener, Dec 24, 2018, 2:34 pm (with Stephie, in Mom’s attic) Action notes: This was an action that my sound-guru and sister, Stephanie suggested for us together. Her instructions: take a deep breath and let images of the future come up. Each…

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Turn Feet Into Ears, Again

The Gulf of Mexico, Dec 15, 2018, 2:49 pm (inspired by Pauline Oliveros, in the open waters) Action notes: Practiced this action on a boat, sitting on a balcony. The buzz of the floor activating every corner of my feet like…

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Contemplate middle F as “the key-note of nature.”

Montreal, Nov 28, 2018, 4:40 pm (in honour of Benjamin Silliman) Action notes: Yale University professor Benjamin Silliman, wrote the following: “Key-note of nature. The aggregate sound of nature, as heard in the roar of a distant city, or the waving foliage of…

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Listen with the palms of your hands.

Montreal, Nov 25, 2018, 3:32 pm (inspired by Pauline Oliveros, on a cold, cold day) Action notes: Action constraints:

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Make Sounds. Imagine Sounds. Listen to Present Sounds. Remember Sounds.

Ottawa, 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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Listen. Listen to Sound. Listen to Pitch. Listen Louder. Listen Softer. Listen to Metrical Rhythm. Listen to Organized Rhythm.

Ottawa, Nov 18, 2018, 11:29 pm (graph action; from Pauline’s Sonic Meditations document) Action notes: I begin by listening to the sound of the generalized hum of this space. I hear the steps upstairs; the water in the pipes as…

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