The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment

Evidence

As you listen, the environment is enlivened. This is the listening effect. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names and defines Oliveros’s signature term ‘the listening effect’ — the environment becoming lively through attention.
• XREF: Ties to the whole book’s thesis on deep attention to the sonic environment affecting consciousness. — connects to: Listening inclusively can fold one’s own thoughts into the sounded environment — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 184; Listening together is an act of transforming shared space through sound — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294; Noise pollution persists because music education neglected soundscape awareness — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 400 (+14 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347

Broader Connections

• Attending closely to movement reveals a whole vivid soundscape within walking #exemplifies (0.85) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 431
• Aware listening is active work, not passive respite #corroborates (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 487
• Being open to listening changes how sounds are perceived, expanding perception #corroborates (0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 422
• Animals listen completely to their environment because listening is survival #expands (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 90