Reading Response 1

This is a response to the article Nature, Sound Art and the Sacred by David Dunn which looks to break down the complexities of the use of sound as not just music but as art regardless of its form. I think that Dunn brings up excellent points about our brain's ability to decipher what it is we are hearing and as such that meditation, where the goal is just to listen, is a uniquely intimate and vulnerable state. It also allows us to build a mental picture of the connections between different sounds we hear that we may not see with our eyes. This is an interesting way to look at the way we see the world because so often we use only our eyes to take in what is around us. This is further pointed out by his work in an African safari wherewith his eyes he is in nature and the world is the way it should be. reality sets in when he uses his sound equipment to discover that the watering hole is by no means a natural phenomenon and instead of a result of humans pumping water up from underground. This is how we can use sound to gain a unique perspective of the world while you can see things with your eyes there may be aspects that are hidden from view but not silent to the world.