SOGS #6: Picking Blueberries with Ji

Date recorded: August 5, 2013
Time: 8:30 am
Location:   42°23’32.58″N, 74°33’47.28″W
Notes: Ji is Madalyn’s mom, and she lives on the farm during the summer. She is an expert cook and kimchi maker, and keeps the farm house running. On Monday we went to the Blue Sky Farm to pick blueberries.

This sog is better listened to on speakers, not headphones. These blueberries are loud when they drop in the pail.

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SOGS #5: Bunnies

Date recorded: August 4, 2013
Time: 4:30 pm
Location:  42°16’5.89″N, 74°34’41.89″
Notes: Yeah, yeah . . . bunnies are adorable. These four munched, groomed and fought over carrots (not kidding) for an hour in the yard on a Sunday afternoon. From a sound meditation perspective, this was my best sogs yet. I was didn’t want the bunnies to jump out of their pen, so I was very alert. And a more attuned listener.

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SOGS #2: The Silo and the Swallows

Date recorded: July 31, 2013
Time: 7:45 pm
Location: 42°16’6.42″N,  74°34’41.06″W
Notes: Also present: finches and pigeons. My fellow artist in residence, Sybille, said this was a good time to record the birds. They would be scurrying around before night time. Also: am I crazy, or does one of these birds sound like a puppy?

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