Lie down in a neutral position and think about how sound is hitting not only your ears but your whole body. Listen as if your whole body was an ear.

Ottawa, Nov 17, 2018, 9:42 pm (action for attuning; given to me by Stephanie) Action notes: I lay on the bed, listening to the sounds of everyone talking downstairs. Feeling the waves of sound like something palpable, material, washing over…

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Perform Yoko Ono’s Beat Piece: Listen to a heart beat. 1963 autumn (from Grapefruit)

Montreal, Nov 11, 2018, 10:37 pm (action for reuniting; after being apart from your loved ones) Action notes: My sweeties flew into Montreal this evening, to spend some time with me while I am in residence here. I haven’t seen…

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Listen to the breath moving from the rim of your nostrils, up and over your sinuses, past your tonsils, and back out again. Repeat until you think that you have heard all of its resonances.

Montreal, Nov 9, 2018, 11:31 am (action for when your mind and heart are racing; on a day where you feel pulled in a million directions) Action notes: A little bit like a Conch shell. The sound of my breath started…

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Listen to the sounds of the inside of your body. Try to fill every corner with your listening. Stop when you have listened to every corner that you, at the moment, have access to. Bookmark for another day when you might be able to access other corners. 

Montreal, Nov 7, 2018, 7:49 pm (action for refilling my bucket; after a long day of public presentation) Action notes: I sat in CC’s living room, and, at first felt a deep sense of “dropping into” my body and “touching”…

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