quietude
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The Last Quiet Places
“The Last Quiet Places“, new podcast by On Being featuring Gordon Hempton. Gordon Hempton says that silence is an endangered species. He defines real quiet as presence — not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth,…
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The Sound of Silence
Great article by Virginia Morell talking about nature, industrialization, quiet places, and silence. Features commentaries from recordist, composer and bioacoustician Bernie Krause, bioacoustician Kurt Fristrup and recordist Gordon Hempton. “Listen,” said Bernie Krause. He rolled down his car window, and we…