Listening intentionally can catalyze personal and collective change.

Evidence

The purpose of this synergistic project is to promote and encourage listening in as many countries as possible in unusual ways or any ways that are creative. It is an invitation to contemplate the nature of listening over a three-year time span (1999 to 2001): to listen to change—listen in order to change—listen for change. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 309

It is an invitation to contemplate the nature of listening over a three-year time span (1999 to 2001): to listen to change—listen in order to change—listen for change. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 309

Categorization

• SEED: A framework for a listening-art project: a three-year open invitation to contemplate the nature of listening, usable as a model for workshops, retreats, or interactive sound installations.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 309
• XREF: connects to: Listening together is an act of transforming shared space through sound — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294; Listening well demands openness to being transformed — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 224; Listening is cultivated and creates culture — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 481 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Listening well demands openness to being transformed #expands (0.85) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 224
• Listening is cultivated and creates culture #expands (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 481
• Patient listening is necessary to be transformed by a sonic experience #expands (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 466
• Listening is a cultivated skill, not an automatic sense, and it shapes culture #expands (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 481
• Being open to listening changes how sounds are perceived, expanding perception #expands (0.65) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 422
• Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it #expands (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346