tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832357530514128918.post5116525321046245942..comments2012-06-16T17:11:03.022-07:00Comments on healthearth ... healthearthealthearthealthearth: Solastalgia and SoundscapesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01872501687960046925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832357530514128918.post-70996407498363084572010-04-23T04:27:45.395-07:002010-04-23T04:27:45.395-07:00Hi there. I just stumbled across your blog, and am...Hi there. I just stumbled across your blog, and am enjoying catching up on your archive. <br /><br />I found this post about soundscapes especially interesting. The issue of ubiquitous technological noise is not one I've heard discussed before, nor is it something I've given much thought to. <br /><br />However, your post evoked a number of very strong sound-related memories for me. The first was of Rachel Carson's book, "Silent Spring" (obviously the sounds of nature in Spring meant a lot to Carson).<br /><br />The second memory was of the profound silence out at Uluru, which I found surprisingly noticeable, and very moving. <br /><br />The third was a memory of going to sleep in a remote village in Vanuatu, surrounded by the murmur of the villagers' voices as they chatted around the fire. It was a profoundly pleasant and comforting sound.<br /><br />Now you've got me feeling all nostalgic (in the modern sense of the word). <br /><br />Incidentally, I live in small town in NSW near a cement works which makes so much white noise all the time that I simply don't notice it at all, except on the rare occasions when it stops. But I'm happy to add that sometimes the frogs in our creek are nearly deafening - in the cheeriest possible way.<br /><br />One last sound memory before I get completely carried away: what happened to the cicadas of my childhood summers? I used to hate their noise. Now I miss it.<br /><br />Thanks for this bitter-sweet trip down my aural memory lane.Samantha in Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513872491655217256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-832357530514128918.post-59732911402576002752008-02-28T23:27:00.000-08:002008-02-28T23:27:00.000-08:00Thank you for noticing these soundscape aspects of...Thank you for noticing these soundscape aspects of sustainability. I would like to make you aware of the following:<BR/>http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/00000325/<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Per Hedfors (per.hedfors@sol.slu.se)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com