Soundwalk

• Were you able to find places and spaces where you could really listen?

The Downer woods were a nice area to find a variety of different sonic tones.

• Was it possible to move without making a sound?

eh, barely with the gravel and twigs and such, but if you're stealthy....

• What happened when you plugged your ears, and then unplugged them?

The sounds all became more drowned together and I found that when I unplugged them I was a bit overloaded with the sonic sensation.

• In your sound log exercise, what types of sounds were you able to hear? List them.

I was able to hear birds tweet, sneakers squeak, and trees that almost could speak, but it was the wind. The wind blew through the trees, creating a rustling within the leaves. Then the leaves left the trees and fell by my knees, and around on the ground making just a light sound. A roaring, pulse like rumble came from a power tool in the distance. I could hear my own blood, and muscles compensating for the tension in my arm and hand. I heard the rocks under my feet as I stepped and music from b-ball courts, whispers about her having sex with him and crickets cricketing.

• Were you able to differentiate between sounds that had a recognizable source and those sounds you could not place?

pretty much, I found myself to be pretty accurate with what sounds were which besides the sneakers, I thought they were from basketball, but they were from tennis shoes

• Do you feel you have a new understanding or appreciation of the sounds of our contemporary landscape/cityscape?

maybe, I like going out to quiet places often though, finding the obscure in simplicity for inspiration.

• How do you think your soundwalk experience will affect your practice as a media artist, if at all?

I might mess with simple sounds more. I'd like to capture the sound the leaves make as they leave the trees and journey to the ground