Listening inclusively can fold one’s own thoughts into the sounded environment

Evidence

At the sound of a bell or gong listen inclusively for the interplay of sounds in the whole space/time continuum. Include the sounds of your own thoughts. Can you imagine that you are the center of the whole? — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 184

Categorization

• SEED: The instruction to include one’s own thoughts as part of the soundscape suggests an exercise bridging meditation and sonic attention practitioners could adopt.
• FICTION: Imagining oneself as the center of the whole could seed a narrative device around subjective acoustic space.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 184
• XREF: connects to: Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346; Listening together is an act of transforming shared space through sound — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294; The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it #expands (0.85) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346
• The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment #expands (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347
• Listening together is an act of transforming shared space through sound #expands (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294