Soundwalk

I did my “soundwalk” when I commuted from my home at Westchester County to Hunter College. It takes me about one hour and twenty minutes to get to Hunter College. Must of my commuted I do is listen to the things that happened around me, usually I listen to music on my iPhone. But this time I listen with more precaution to the sounds that surrounded me. I began to listen to new sounds that I never pay any attention before. For example, the wind inside the train that follows against the borders of the window. I see a big difference in the sounds of the morning commuted than the afternoon. Usually in the morning is much quitter than the afternoon. In the morning you can hear the background sounds that could be the engine of the train and the sound of the tracks, it can barely be hear from inside of the train. The foreground sound would be the heat inside of the train, sometimes the ring of a cellphone and the man who says “tickets please.” A sound is different in different environments like the city you can hear a louder sound than in Westchester County, expect for the train. The sounds that are unique for me is a crowd of people talking it almost sounds like a bunch of bees; I think that’s unique. The texture of the sound, a hard texture would be the engine of the train and the soft texture would by the inside of the train, but only in the mornings because the afternoon its different, people are talking, laughing, and etc. People have more energy in the afternoon than the morning commuted. In this exercise I learn new sounds that were always there, but a never pay any attention or time to listen to it.