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Soundscape: Different Shapes of Water

Different Shapes of Water

What is your impression of water? When I say "WATER", what would you imagine? A glass of water? A river/lake? Taking a shower? 
    When I think of "SOUND", I was thinking about water. Water is such a common element on this planet that we need it every single day, and it easily changes its shapes. Also, it can create "MUSIC" that so naturally comforts our sensations and minds. 


"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation."

- John Cage

Water is so common to see ans to hear that we might have barely considered it as "sound", not even possible as "music" (or we call it "ambient"). This soundscape is nothing more than my daily interactions with water in different shapes and seeks "joy and revolution" as John Cage believes. 

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  1. Roger GwallFebruary 15, 2023 at 1:07 AM

    I totally agree when you talk about "[Water] can create "MUSIC" that so naturally comforts our sensations and minds". Every time I got my tea kettle all prepped up and pour the tea into my thermal, the sound, and the change in the pitch of the sound, is one of the most curing sounds I've ever heard.

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  2. gaveFebruary 16, 2023 at 2:55 PM

    It's interesting to hear water in an "acousmatic" music context, since it's signifying the sensory experience of water (hearing it, but also touching, seeing, tasting it) while simultaneously signifying an abstracted musical experience of water sounds forming a composition.

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