Like the project for soundwalking, this project was very similar since it had the same concept of walking around and listening. In doing this project, I got an understanding of how to be a better listener and now every sound stands out to me, even the quiet. Being at the Behrend ski slope, the library and Ohio Hall I was able to get different sound perspectives and I was able to appreciate all of them.
Walking around campus, especially in these places, I pay attention to more sounds and hear almost everything. The way the trees sound when the wind hits them, that undertone "woosh" sound. The way the sound of my footsteps echo off the walls when I'm in the hallway by myself and the silence of the library and how clearing my throat echoes throughout. I am able to hear these sounds and visualize them with my eyes closed.
When I first did this project I knew the places that I would chose because they are the places I see on my walk from classes to ending my day in my room. I knew that I wanted to hear how the outside sounds because it is the most prominent sound of them all when I am walking by myself and my ipod is off for a change. I knew that I wanted to get the sound of where I live on campus and show the differences in sound change from college students to the building creating it's own hum. And lastly, I knew that i wanted to record in the library to give my opinion on silence and how it's distracting.
Doing this project allowed me to use my ears and stretch them as far as I could with just using my ears, no sight, no feel and no smell, to give me more insight and because hearing is my strongest sense, I used my ears to their fullest extent.
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