“White Noise” a print from the Mirror-Mirror series
White noise, the background sounds all around, the sounds that you don’t really notice until you pay attention. These sounds can sooth through listening meditation. When you need to get out of your head, if you sit and simply listen to all the sounds around you—the birds, dogs, cars, sirens, ambient electronics, tiny fans, your own breath, people, etc… you start to slow down. Then if you try taking each sound apart—following the siren from its start to its end, noticing the way the pitch changes and the doppler effect of its movement…somehow you start to dissolve, find a little peace. It’s also useful for staying sober, for getting through the early evening hours that can be especially sticky sometimes. And, it’s a cool experiment if you’ve never tried it.