Category: observations/thoughts (Page 12 of 12)

“Think of a sound that reminds you of childhood”

bug-cicada-insect-nature-357385That’s a quote from p. 78 of The Art of Noticing (“Listen Deeply”).

Problem is: I’m not sure I can think of any.

Cicadas, I suppose. Swing jazz (like Count Basie and Benny Goodman) (because my grandpa used to play their records all the time, and I spent so much of my childhood hanging out with my grandparents). Maybe the ticking of a clock in my Great-Aunt Carmie’s house. Certain songs, for sure. These are the sounds I most remember: music sounds.

R.E.M. and Guns N’ Roses and The Beatles and my dad’s doo wop cassettes.

But it’s funny that I have no real memory of non-musical sounds. (Maybe the sound of the screen door slamming/swinging shut at my grandma and grandpa’s?)

My memory is driven by sight, by smell, a little bit by touch/feel, some taste. And songs. Lots of songs. But non-musical sound seems to be less memorable. I wonder why? I wonder if I should cultivate my sound awareness. Do more “sound noticing.”

 

While Walking

Observations/thoughts:

sea of clouds, gray, swirling above the earth

neon white/chemical white, lined paper sitting atop snow, blue lines & pink,

folded/creased, then unfolded,

partially crumpled but not, uncrumpled,

resting within a crevice of snow

Also:

My daughter climbed mounds of snow at school today.

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