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A galaxy box art project

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My little character :)

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A small collection of sounds of rain, with a song that holds lots of memories

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Buttons that play music :)

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Sounds captured through a contact mic and microphone

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Deep Listening

I sit in my bedroom and close my eyes.  I hear the faint ringing of an alarm, going on for an extended period of time, someone not being able to wake up in time.  It’s being almost drowned out by the clacking of a keyboard, my roommate trying to finish a two page paper due in a couple of days.  Someone is making lunch and clacking pots and pans, in a similar tone to the keyboard clacks, making them seem like a harmony that had been planned.  Outside I can hear the hustle and bustle of Berkeley.  Cars are rushing past, people are walking and talking, things are being moved.  Everything sounds so busy, with no leisure.  It feels like everyone needs to do something, go somewhere, and yet here I am just sitting in my bed taking in all the sounds.  Because in my bed, I feel the most safe, the warmest and the most comfort.  Yet now, hearing all these sounds I feel more rushed, like I need to do something.  The bus stopped across my apartment, the gentle wheeze of the doors opening, followed closely by the rattling of it driving away.  More cars rush by without any sign of slowing down.  Maybe it’s time for me to start moving as well.