Patient listening is necessary to be transformed by a sonic experience

Evidence

This sort of listening demands patience, which I feel is necessary to truly coming away from the experience somehow changed. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 466

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the reader’s broader interest in how profound attention to the sonic environment affects consciousness — patience as the prerequisite mechanism. — connects to: Listening intentionally can catalyze personal and collective change. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 309; Listening well demands openness to being transformed — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 224; Individual trees each sing distinct sonic textures a patient listener can analyze — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1649 (+1 more)
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 466

Broader Connections