Nature, Sound Art, and the Sacred Response

David Dunn addresses many powerful arguments to enforce the idea that evolution of sound is key to understanding our place within the earth. The experiment he did with the mockingbird was cool, and the fact that the bird mimicked the artificially noise is quite fascinating.

His work for the aquarium and zoo is also eye opening, as he stated that much of the noises of the habitats in which these animals live have been tainted by man-made sounds, such as cars and water pumps. This ties back to his idea that sound shows more than sight in many cases.

Although much of what he says sounds interesting, his use of big words does not conclude that everything he is saying is conclusive. This article was really hard to read due to all of the ridiculous vocabulary that he just threw out there, “within the biosphere’s fabric of mind,” like, come on man.

I would have understood the basis of this article if he if he didn’t beat around the bush and just introduced his work in an understandable manner. I am not a huge fan of using large words that people have to look up. When I write I try and get my thought out in the quickest and most understandable way.

I understand that he has been doing this work for twenty-five years, and that he has made some miraculous discoveries in the way humans impact the world through sound and many observations of how non-human-life’s intelligence, but paper was extremely hard to get interested in. That being said, once I cracked the code and got into his actual work, I really enjoyed what he had to say.