Walking in my neighborhood without my headphones in my ears, or thoughts about my assignments/obligations/life stressing matters, was a nice refreshing experience;
At first, I of course noticed the SOUNDMARKS- a couple sit outside at their usual spot and talking, the church bells, a train horn from afar. The one thing I remember noticing is how I always take my headphones out whenever I hear those church bells that bring such a unique and special ambiance of history to my neighborhood that is so modern and evolving.
Then, I listened closely to the SOUND SIGNALS which were obvious as people were talking and laughing around me, cars on the road, and then unexpectedly, car breaks as the road was wet from the rain.
However, my favorite and most conscious feeling I had during this experience was my intensive listening for KEYNOTES or background sounds. Sure, these sounds are always there so I initially thought these will be the easiest to hear. But with all the destruction of everything else we pay attention to like our music, thoughts or other things on our way, I found that they are actually the most hard to hear because they are taken for granted..
The first sounds I heard when tried to listen to closely were the rain and the wind in my ears. Only these two were enough for me to realize that maybe I don't have to listen to music every time I am on my way somewhere, or occupy myself with random thoughts or conversation.
Maybe, as Shafer suggested, we need to just be.
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