Environmental resonance emerges when listeners leave short or fading sounds alone

Evidence

The result of this meditation will probably produce a resonance of the environment. Some of the sounds will be too short to reinforce. Some will disappear as soon as the reinforcement begins. It is fine to wait and listen. β€” Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 324

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the chapter’s broader theme that deliberate non-doing and waiting are themselves forms of attentive sonic practice. β€” connects to: All environments offer audible repeating pulses across time scales β€” Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 277; The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment β€” Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim β€” Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 324

Broader Connections