Can I cheat and post an audio scene instead? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17975/SoundScapes/Ocean.mp3 Looped for meditative purposes. It was dusk, the beach was dotted with a few tourists, a couple of young 'uns had lit a fire, the first stars twinkled.
The sound of the waves crashing and coming to shore is such a soothing one. I think it's pretty well universally accepted as one of the greatest sounds. Why is this? Do you think it's an intrinsic thing? Is it because water is essential to life and therefore we celebrate its close proximity? Is it because it's repetitious and provides a sort of audible motion by which we relax? Is it because the sound of the waves crashing is also the sound of land and therefore the mariner in us knows that we are "home" again? Whatever the reason, I enjoyed listening to this. It was a stange juxtaposition to the fussing baby in the background so I paused it and re-listened later, while it was more peaceful here. Glad you shared it! I hope you enjoyed the moment. I did.
It may also be related to the rushing sounds of the womb, allusions to which are supposed to soothe fussing babies. Next time stick it on speakers for Junior. Perhaps there is a deeper, neurological, pattern recognition related reason; the brain relaxing into pure white noise wherein there is no risk of stimuli that provoke fight/flight responses? i've started to carry a recorder around with me all the time and snapshot soundscapes as well as photographs. I'll post more if there are any of great interest.
I really feel like sound plays a much larger role in our lives than we tend to give thought to. The sound of a place can give us a sense of how large or how small it is and the kinds of things that inhabit that space. For example, the quiet of a forest is much different than the quiet of a meadow and the quiet of a suburban street is different than that of a city street. I also periodically record soundscapes so I'd be interested in hearing from you.
Please do post more. Having both audio and photography from the same scene would make for a really cool #combopost.It may also be related to the rushing sounds of the womb, allusions to which are supposed to soothe fussing babies. Next time stick it on speakers for Junior.
-absolutely, it is one of the 4 "S"'s: shushing, swaying, sucking and swaddling that are proven to calm even the fussiest newborns.
Here's another possibility.... http://holometer.fnal.gov/faq.html "What does holographic noise sound like? Holographic noise is purely "white noise": it has the same amplitude at all frequencies."