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 chapterβs 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
- The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment
#complicates(0.75) β Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347