Being Hear, Short Film on Gordon Hempton’s Sonic Ecology

National Geographic has the exclusive streaming of ‘Being Hear, a short film dedicated to Gordon Hempton’s philosophy and practice around listening and sound ecology.

“In lyrical short film Being Hear, filmmakers Palmer Morse and Matt Mikkelsen capture Hempton in his element as he shares the importance of preserving the silence. To experience the full range of nature’s orchestra, headphones are highly recommended.”

More info at Being Hear

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  1. freddy Avatar
    freddy

    This is beautiful, thank you.
    I’ve recently moved from the city back to a more remote area and noticed my walks have started getting longer, It annoys me that my feet make so much noise on the path, so I often stand still just listening to ‘the silence’ which becomes noisier each time.