Compose by Nature

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

I woke up around 10am on Sunday, May 11, 2009, Mother’s Day and went about doing my daily morning routin.I grabbed my tooth brush and toothpaste from my dresser top and headed to the bathroom, and took a shower shortly afterwards. After eating my breakfast, I realized that my dogs have not been walked as yet. I went back to my room to put on a more “public fitting” attire and off I went with my dog Tommy. 

            

 Somewhere between the sun beaming down and the wind stirring past me, I became more aware of my surroundings both visually and acoustically. Visually everything was more detailed. I started noticing things around my neighborhood that  I did not realize before, such as the small tree in front of my house and how

 neatly the trees are aligned along the road.  Its important to note that I have been living in my neighborhood for almost 4 years. I was also taking a panoramic view, as compared to focusing on a specific item/subject.

      

Acoustically, my ears picked 

up detailed sounds that would have

 gone otherwise unnoticed. On this sound walk I heard the wind rushing by the tree leaves over

 head, the storm door aggressively fighting with the wind to stay closed, the metal lash on my dog’s collar wrestling with him to contain his excitement.  It was a surreal feeling hearing these everyday sounds that are not so everyday. What was amazing about this whole experience was stopping and listening to this beautifully constructed and orchestrated soundtrack that was being performing, in which, I did not know was playing before.