Deep listening moves between vast sonic totality and targeted focus

Evidence

Deep coupled with Listening or Deep Listening for me is learning to expand the perception of sounds to include the whole space/time continuum of sound— encountering the vastness and complexities as much as possible. Simultaneously one ought to be able to target a sound or sequence of sounds as a focus within the space/time continuum and to perceive the detail or trajectory of the sound or sequence of sounds. Such focus should always return to, or be within the whole of the space/time continuum (context). — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 77 (#expands, via linked claim)

The depth of listening is related to the expansion of consciousness brought about by inclusive listening. Inclusive listening is impartial, open and receiving and employs global attention. Deep Listening has limitless dimensions. … Attention narrows for exclusive listening. Exclusive listening gathers detail and employs focal attention. Focal attention is necessarily limited and specific. The depth of exclusive listening is clarity. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 211 (#expands, via linked claim)

However the two forms of attention—focal and global—are directed in Deep Listening practice to sound/silence. An objective is to feel the sharp contrast between the two forms of attention—the clear detail of a sound or sequence of sounds using focal attention and the expansion to multiple sources sounding simultaneously in multi-dimensions with global attention. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 189 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Focal and global attention constitute two distinct modes of listening — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 189; Trailing a focused sound to its end returns one to global awareness — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 187; Inclusive listening expands consciousness without limits — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 211 (+11 more)

Related

• Deep Listening expands to the whole soundscape while focusing on single sounds (similarity 0.95)
• Global listening expands consciousness while focal listening yields clarity (similarity 0.94)
• Deep listening is meditation embracing all perceptible vibrations (similarity 0.91)
• Inclusive listening expands consciousness without limits (similarity 0.91)
• Focal and global attention constitute two distinct modes of listening (similarity 0.90)
• Focal and global attention feel radically different when directed to sound (similarity 0.90)
• Trailing a focused sound to its end returns one to global awareness (similarity 0.88)
• Being open to listening changes how sounds are perceived, expanding perception (similarity 0.88)
• Continuous pure attention to sound is always available (similarity 0.86)
• Breath anchors the return from focused to global listening (similarity 0.84)
• Hearing is passive while listening requires active attention (similarity 0.84)
• Listening inclusively can fold one’s own thoughts into the sounded environment (similarity 0.84)
• Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it (similarity 0.83)
• Hearing gathers all sound but listening is selective and rarely conscious (similarity 0.83)
• Ordinary listening blends analytic and synthetic modes simultaneously (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Deep Listening expands to the whole soundscape while focusing on single sounds #expands (0.95) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 77
• Global listening expands consciousness while focal listening yields clarity #expands (0.85) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 211
• Focal and global attention feel radically different when directed to sound #corroborates (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 189
• Expanding auditory imagination beyond physical hearing range reveals new sonic worlds #expands (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 337