Working with, rather than against, the natural affordances of the mind-body and the soundscape, moves the practice of contemplative field recording in the direction of connection, flexibility and freedom, “…to simply do exactly what we are doing, to do it wholly and selflessly, spontaneously and without any separation from it.”

With time there can grow a confidence in navigating our relationships silently, appreciating the subtleties of body language and enjoying the depth of connection that can come when we do not reduce the world to words.

In Part II, drawing parallels with listening at the hospital, I want to move out into the soundscape, then explore expansive awareness.

In this post, I’d like to explore a vital orientation in contemplative field recording, that of care-full listening.