Sound portrait, morning, July 5, 2008

[pjthompson]

The purring of a small plane overhead...the soft but continual purr of Min sitting beside the keyboard...the shush and whisper of jet engines in the distance, their low rumble beneath...the high-pitched soprano of windchimes, the basso gong beside them, the alto bells joining in...the insistent caw of a young crow...the quiet hum of my computer...someone outside whistling a loud and lively version of "When the Saints Come Marchin' In"...the wild finches' adamant imprecations, their musical laughs...the barely perceptible whumpf of the ceiling fan turning...a car growling up the street...the snick of the pen hitting the floor when Min knocks it off...the scrape of leaves being raked...the exhalation of tires on asphalt...a remote cria of a siren...the creak of my chair as I lean towards a sound...a single whoop of female laughter...a male child's strident protest, too distant to form words...the sigh of fabric shifting across my leg...the staccato chatter of a windblown leaf...the hollow clunk of a hinged plastic garbage can lid falling open...leaves crackling as they fall inside...a dog barking, so far away it's like a memory..."No, Mommmmmyyyyy!" and a girlish squeal...two short, pointed car horn toots...more whirling fall of wild finch notes...more voices, more, more children, car doors...the neighborhood is rousing, sluggish after the night's disturbances...

Comments

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

a dog barking, so far away it's like a memory

Oh, that's very nice.

[pjthompson]

Thank you. It made such a pleasant change from last night.

[darkspires.livejournal.com]

Some great sound effects there. I just drifted into that. And yes, it does sound idyllic after the noise of yesterday. I can't say I like fireworks much, either and they terrify my cats.

We had our day on the 1st but the Town doesn't get fireworks for then. Yeah. There is a big event we host in August so then they get let off. How sensible in the hottest and dryest month of the year? Sighs.

[pjthompson]

Thanks.

I don't mind the public fireworks displays as those are usually over at a reasonable hour and far off, but the fireworks right outside my window and until 2 a.m. are not so great. Especially since they are illegal--and they are illegal because SoCal is like a tinderbox at this time of the year. We haven't had rain for months and it doesn't take much to set off a conflagration. But individual's always feel their party rights are more important than anybody else's peach and quiet or fire safety, so...I still wouldn't mind it so much if they knocked off by 11 or so, but they just keep on going.

[handworn.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[pjthompson]

Thanks!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

So much going on around our little bubbles of being.

[pjthompson]

And sometimes I like to just close my eyes and really listen. We select out sound so often, but it's such a fabric of our lives.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Yes, it makes you me more in-tune with life when Itake a moment to realize what is going on around me and independent of me, as paradoxal as that may sound.

[pjthompson]

It forces you to be intensely in the moment, something we all too often forget to do.