Sonic Meditations

Sonic Meditations are written or spoken instructions that anyone can do to explore listening. Any persons who are willing to commit themselves can participate.

Sonic Meditations were developed by Pauline Oliveros as an essential component and tool of the practice of Deep Listening that she initiated. They focus attention and experience towards various aspects of how listening and perceiving—giving one’s attention—in a concentrated manner can reveal many things that are present, but that people do not regularly engage.

Sonic Meditations are used in BKDN BKDN workshops, camps, publications, and public initiatives, to explore human relationships to the world through a focus on the immersive ecological entanglements that define each person’s existence.

Sonic Meditation: What Does Post-Fossil Fuel Illinois Sound Like?
Sonic Meditation: What Does Post-Fossil Fuel Illinois Sound Like?
Sonic Meditations, by 10 Deep Listeners, published by Half Letter Press, 2017
Sonic Meditations, by 10 Deep Listeners, published by Half Letter Press, 2017
Sonic Meditation: Extreme Slow Walking
Sonic Meditation: Extreme Slow Walking
Sonic Meditation: What Does Post-Fossil Fuel Scotland Sound Like?