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A Language Older Than Words
Derrick Jensen
“We need to distinguish between listening and hearing. I believe I listen better than many people, but I still don’t hear very well. I have a lot of friends around the world who are able to actually hear the natural world. Still, whether or not we hear, listening is important. Until we start to listen—and,... See more
Derrick Jensen
“We need to distinguish between listening and hearing. I believe I listen better than many people, but I still don’t hear very well. I have a lot of friends around the world who are able to actually hear the natural world. Still, whether or not we hear, listening is important. Until we start to listen—and,... See more
Daily Review | Readwise
Once on a Windy Night.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
It pains me when the pollinators’ wildflowers are mowed down in spring so we can have this strange ecological disaster called a “lawn,” or when an entire species is branded “pest” or “vermin.”
Julie Holland • How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World: Visionary and Indigenous Voices Speak Out
Rick Rubin: How to Access Your Creativity | Huberman Lab Podcast
youtu.beThe most prominent recent victory for organized musicians was 2018’s Music Modernization Act, which, among other things, established mechanical royalties for streaming, based on a “grand bargain” offering streaming services indemnity from infringement lawsuits in exchange for royalties. The MMA was sponsored by conservative Republicans Bob Goodlatt... See more
Worker’s Song | Franz Nicolay
Recording natural soundscapes is a type of abstraction, because you get only what the mics pick up, which is different from what your ears hear.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
An ecotone is an area of progression between one type of habitat and another: from meadow to forest, for example, or coral reef to open ocean.
Bernie Krause • Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World, Revised Edition
Our bodies have formed themselves in delicate reciprocity with the manifold textures, sounds, and shapes of an animate earth — our eyes have evolved in subtle interaction with other eyes, as our ears are attuned by their very structure to the howling of wolves and the honking of geese. To shut ourselves o ff from these other voices, to continue by ... See more