I did a sound walk in
my neighborhood because I didn’t want to do a cliché location in the city with
the taxicabs honking and the cars honking. Instead, I chose a location near my
house because I knew that it was quiet neighborhood, thus making me really
focus and listen to the sounds near me.
At first, I
thought to myself that it’ll be a challenge to do a sound walk in my neighborhood
because long island is fairly quiet. But as I began to walk around my
neighborhood, I felt a rhythm of sounds. First, I would hear the birds
chirping, the leaves crawling, and then a car smoothly driving down the street.
Then the same sounds will repeat and it sounded almost poetic. I also can hear
the wind singing in a way and the scraping noise of the leaves crawling. I
would also hear the sound of a person walking her dog. Her footsteps and the
sound of the dog’s chain will intertwine, making a clicking sound, almost like
the sound of seashells clacking onto one another. Those keynotes also tied in
with the sound of my boots kissing the ground and the sniffling of my nose. It
would happen musically; the background sound will be the leaves and the birds,
and the car. It creates a rhythm, somewhat like a tune creating some kind of
melody of the wind singing the chorus, and the sounds of branches waving.
Overall, I felt that the sound walk calmed me down. It was
very therapeutic and soothing. Listening to the sound of nature instead of
heavy music gives me a clear mind to think and rejuvenate.
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