Mandrake
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Dear all,
This article in Slate on earplugs helps us (me, anyway) remind us of the bliss of walking around in our own sound pods (as well as to help shed light on some aspects of the open vs. closed debate):
http://www.slate.com/id/2162178?nav=tap3
A juicy bit includes:
"Then one day, upon arising into the quiet post-shouting hour, I left the earplugs in. .... I moved through the streets as though in a dream, but, as with a dream, somehow more attentive and aware than usual. Up to that point the purpose of earplugs was to keep things out. Now I perceived a new dimension to earplugs—to keep things in.
What things? Thoughts, I guess. Ideas. Equilibrium. Concentrating was easier, and I began to leave the earplugs in to write. Errands in the city, or when I had to take the subway, were much more pleasant at a slight sonic remove. It's like listening to music on an iPod, but instead of filling your head with sound, you fill it with your thoughts and your own breath."
I very much relate to this. Art in art museums changes depending on what is playing on the Ipod. I used to think it would be heresy to interfere with art by having the Ipod going. But instead, having KMFDM's ultraheavybeat going while looking at Mondrian made me for the first time appreciate the heavy lines going through lighter lines in his paintings.
So cheers!
This article in Slate on earplugs helps us (me, anyway) remind us of the bliss of walking around in our own sound pods (as well as to help shed light on some aspects of the open vs. closed debate):
http://www.slate.com/id/2162178?nav=tap3
A juicy bit includes:
"Then one day, upon arising into the quiet post-shouting hour, I left the earplugs in. .... I moved through the streets as though in a dream, but, as with a dream, somehow more attentive and aware than usual. Up to that point the purpose of earplugs was to keep things out. Now I perceived a new dimension to earplugs—to keep things in.
What things? Thoughts, I guess. Ideas. Equilibrium. Concentrating was easier, and I began to leave the earplugs in to write. Errands in the city, or when I had to take the subway, were much more pleasant at a slight sonic remove. It's like listening to music on an iPod, but instead of filling your head with sound, you fill it with your thoughts and your own breath."
I very much relate to this. Art in art museums changes depending on what is playing on the Ipod. I used to think it would be heresy to interfere with art by having the Ipod going. But instead, having KMFDM's ultraheavybeat going while looking at Mondrian made me for the first time appreciate the heavy lines going through lighter lines in his paintings.
So cheers!
