Saturday, November 1, 2014

Soundwalk - Astoria Park


As I was walking at the Astoria Park, cars were passing by one after another, some cars had loud music others were just honking at the other cars. The music of the ice cream truck was very loud that I heard it from faraway.  There was few buildings around Astoria Park, all I heard was people talking and dogs barking, all these sounds that I was hearing was fascinating in a way which I have never took time to analyze,  how we can hear soo many different sounds being at the same place and time. I have walked around Astoria Park many times, but this was the first time I took my time listening to the sounds around me. As I got closer to the river side, the sound of the waves was peaceful and relaxing. I felt like I was in a different place, I began to hear the wind and feel the chilly wind blowing my face. As people were passing by me, I heard people’s footstep and their breathing as they were jogging, which was strange because I have never notice these sound effects before. Then I started walking by children's playground, when I was there I began to hear something completely different: children were laughing, running around, making strange sounds as they were running around. At first I did not know I would have experience all these amazing sounds just by taking my time to actually listen to it. I have noticed,   when we hear variety sounds  coming from different places , we experience things differently and we feel things differently as well

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