Blog #2 - What I Hear
The “city symphony” became apparent to me as I walked through the streets of Greenwich Village. The cars driving through the streets, the sounds of their engines trailing off. The grinding noise of construction. The occasional police siren or car alarm. The rumble of the subway under open vents. And of course, the brief snippets of conversations that I will never know the context of. All elements I had been aware of, but hearing them together, I began to feel a sense of awe. The city was alive in a way I never noticed. I was one with the urban environment. In regards to the parts of the symphony, the construction sounds and distant alarms would be the keynotes. The most prominent “sound signals” would have to be the cars driving by. They really provide a sense of relaxation, sort of like listening to waves at the beach. Underscoring the cars are the footsteps of the people walking by, overlaid by their conversations as they walk past. The conversations can be in different languages, s...