november twenty fourth, two thousand nine

Things to remember while making work:

We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally.

this is what we did in practitioner study today:

Sound and fury by jampatmulligan

Tom from Sound & Fury gave us a great introduction to his work. He's a lively and engaging speaker and his investigations strike me as rigorous and well-focused.

This is why I was a bit frustrated with the second half of the class in which we turned off the lights, each person took up a noise-maker, and we explored their sounds.

you can tell by the recording that there was little focus or well structured investigation.

That fortunately evolved into a event in which Tom asked us to make specific soundscapes, which, as an exploration, was much more exciting. Though, I wish that instead of just saying, make the sound of the desert and letting us do what we want, he would ask us to make it, listen to it, revise it, and make it again and listen again.

I have to say that there were times when I was feeling like I did this level of work in my bachelor's degree and that I hope we get pushed and challenged a bit harder.

But there were other times when I was very much engaged. Tom brought up the idea of "imaginary sounds" in my opinion this was by far the most interesting part of the afternoon. These are sounds that we do not actually hear but we perceive anyway.

For me there are a few sounds associated with my wife, or with watching people on the tube (while listening to headphones) that fall into this category. I'm very interested in exploring this further.

There's an old saying that we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally. I was reminded of this today.

Also, Listening takes effort and we should not take it for granted that we are good at it just because we have ears.

Looking forward to the rest of the week!