A couple of days ago, when I was up at my rustic mountain getaway, I published a short soundseeing audio show describing my cabin and the nearby town of Ward, CO. Several people e-mailed me to tell me they loved that glimpse into a special part of my world, thanks for your kind notes. And for those of you who are green with envy, all I can say is heh heh heh heh heh…
As promised, my husband Tom Vilot brought up his digital camera yesterday when he came to pick me up at the cabin. I’ve created a FlickR page for those photos.
But before you look at those photos, read this…
Last night I was listening to the Thurs., Jan. 13 Croncast show, where Kris Smith interviewed Nicole Simon (of the podcast Useful Sounds). Nicole mentioned something that intrigued me.
Basically, she mentioned how when she has met face-to-face friends who she originally met and got to know online, there’s a different pattern of interaction than talking to friends whom she met in person. That is, when she’s in the physical presence of her online friends, there’s generally less eye contact – because they’re accustomed to not seeing each other when conversing.
This got me wondering about soundseeing expeditions – which are audio recordings made in the field which capture the ambient sounds and the creator’s descriptions. Soundseeing sets a context intended to create a vivid picture in the listener’s mind.
How crucial is that mental picture to the soundseeing experience? I wonder. So let’s do a test.
If you haven’t done so already, go and listen to my cabin podcast. Be conscious of the pictures your mind creates as you listen to it.
THEN: Go to Flickr and view my photos. Be conscious of how they affect your experience of my cabin-cast. Do they enhance your experience? Detract from it? Was anything different from your mental picture? If so, how?
Feel free to comment here or with the photos to offer your perspective on this. Thanks!
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