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The practice is intended to expand consciousness to the whole space/time continuum of sound/silences. Deep Listening is a process that extends the listener to this continuum as well as to focus instantaneously on a single sound (engagement to targeted detail) or sequences of sound/silence.
Pauline Oliveros • Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice
Prolonged practice brought about a heightened state of awareness that gave me a sense of well-being.
Pauline Oliveros • Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice


Quantum Listening by Pauline Oliveros
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Understanding and interpreting what the ear transmits to the brain is a process developing from instantaneous survival reactions to ideas that drive consciousness.
Pauline Oliveros • Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice

These exercises are intended to calm the mind and bring awareness to the body and its energy circulation, and to promote the appropriate attitude for extending receptivity to the entire space/time continuum of sound. This kind of receptivity is essential for creative activity in the arts and can be applicable to any discipline.