Sound and Silence with Sekishi and Daizan

[Jakuden]

That's so cool!! Funny, there are similarities to the background hum at the airport... and it also reminds me of the little field where my Dad used to fly his RC airplanes with his buddies [emoji12]
Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Tairin]

Here's a video of the sound of the rocks tumbling in the waves that matches the sound clip Sekishi posted for me earlier

Gassho
Warren
Sat today

[Tairin]

Also a video I took in the forest. My wife and I were for a walk when we paused and realized it was dead silent. No animals. No cars. Just silence.

Gassho
Warren
Sat today

[RichardH]

Interesting, the way the camera looks around, and the absolute silence (at least on my device with the volume way up..) creates a cinematic feeling of eerie suspense. The same silence...can be experienced different ways. ..Thank you.

Where in Ontario is this forest...?

Gassho
Daizan

Sat today

[Tairin]

Where in Ontario is this forest...?

It was taken on the same trip out to Vancouver Island my previous video with the rocks on French Beach was taken.

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Warren
Sat today

[Kotei]

Wow, wonderful soundscapes. Thank you for posting.
Warren, recognising this silence... Thank you for taking me with you.

The following sound was taken on my way to visiting an old friend.
Had to wait a moment to let the police pass by.

"Metta to all involved."

https://soundcloud.com/ralf-prehn-357689516/metta-to-the-situation

metta.jpg

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Mp]

It was taken on the same trip out to Vancouver Island my previous video with the rocks on French Beach was taken.

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Warren
Sat today

Very nice .... been there, it is just south of me. =)

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday/LAH

[Seishin]

Thought I'd share this short sound clip with you. My morning sit is normally in relative silence, whatever that is, with computer servos and fan stirring now and then and the sound of life outside in the courtyard of periodic birdsong. The recording below was taken after I'd finished zazen but accompanied me the whole 30 minutes. In fact it became quite hypnotic for a while.

https://soundcloud.com/tobyjenner/sounds-of-zazen

So imagine my surprise to find the source I thought was outside, got louder when I went into the garage and an old storage basket in a back corner.

2nd video to follow

The youngster was taken out into the back field and deposited carefully in a safe place. The good news that was several hours ago and I've just checked and found that my little friend has departed.

Loving this thread btw.

STMIZ and I guess a little LAH

[Seishin]

[Kokuu]

I really love this. Thank you very much to both of you!

This morning I recorded one minute of the sounds outside my flat and it was a really interesting experience, not knowing what was going to happen for those sixty seconds and I found myself hoping for something interesting to occur! I was even tempted to do it again to make it 'better'! It was an experience like 4'33" in which the whole world became a performance and I was listening intently to everything with fresh ears.

Later in the morning when I sat, I found myself more aware of sounds.

I plan to spend one day recording 30 seconds of sounds every two hours or so to see how they change throughout the day. For now, here is my one minute of morning:

https://soundcloud.com/magic-drummer/one-minute-of-morning

I look forward to hearing how this project unfolds.

Gassho
Kokuu
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[Meitou]

What a great idea! I've had to develop a relationship with ambient sound since I started meditating a few years ago, as it can be so noisy in the apartment block where I live, right in town and especially in the summer. So I'm used to finding silence in chaos I'll see if I can record something. In the meantime I just found this article on Facebook, which I thought might be relevant here. https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/soun...-inner-worlds/
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Frankie

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[RichardH]

Hi Kokuu. That is so true... hoping for something interesting to occur. I easily fall into production mode, wanting to make an interesting and artful recording. Maybe it's not possible to be completely free of those impulses, but maybe possible to not get too caught up in them?

There is a giant pile driver being used in local subway construction, and when it starts up there is a deep thump.... thump... thump... that can be heard and felt all around the area. It would be nice to get that in the next recording!

Gassho
Daizan

Sat today/LAH

[Seishin]

Hi folks

Another recording today, this time from my work in progress outdoor zendo/zen garden.

STMIZ

[Seishin]

Thought this may help

Garden Zendo.jpg

[Kokuu]

That is lovely, Sesshin-Do! We should make an 'album' of these sounds.

I am not sure if this is completely in line with the project but unable to leave a good thing alone I added some ambient keys to the sound recording. A friend of mine may go on to use it for a video project (creativity begets creativity it would seem!).

Anyway: https://soundcloud.com/magic-drummer/closeness

Gassho
Kokuu
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