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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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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Observe Breathing. Observe Audible Breath. Observe Breath-to-Sound.

Montreal, 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…

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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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Find a familiar sound. Something archaic. Something that resonates from childhood, or from long ago. Something you don’t live with anymore. Something you know in your bones. Approximate that sound with your body and repeat it until you feel satisfied.

Montreal, Nov 8, 2018, 9:15 pm (action for the past; after travelling the city at night) Action notes: On the way home this evening (in Montreal, the city of my childhood and not the city that I currently live in) the…

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