Quote for Today: Judith Jamison
If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on, that body will become an extension of what …
Quote for Today: Jonathan Renshaw
First, the wind would rumble in the distance like an approaching river, then he would see grass bend, pressed by a great invisible hand. The dull rumble would rise …
Quote for Today: Mickey Hart
In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else. –Mickey Hart, Rhythms of the Universe Public Domain Image: Abell 1744 galaxy cluster, NASA, ESA, and …
Quote for Today: Willa Cather
Carl sat musing until the sun leaped above the prairie, and in the grass about him all the small creatures of day began to tune their tiny instruments. Birds and …
Quote for Today: Kurt Cobain
Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming bloody murder …
Listen to the Thirsty Trees
Did you know trees make noise when they get thirsty? Bioacoustician Bernie Krause has amplified and recorded these sounds, which are generally inaudible to human ears. You can read and …
Quote for Today: Jocelyn Murray
When a tree falls it resounds with a thundering crash; and yet a whole forest grows in silence. ― Jocelyn Murray
Depths of Noise: A Video from Nicolas Jaar
This is a beautiful ethereal video called Noise, which shows electronic musician Nicolas Jaar in deep water to the strains of his Balance Her in Between Your Eyes. Lovely. There is …
Quote for Today: Jean Arp
Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the …
Night Noise at the Palais Garnier: Conatus: La Nuit du Danseur
Conatus: La Nuit du Danseur, or in English, Conatus: The Night of the Dancer, is an intriguing video by French multi-media artist Boris Achour. A tap dancer wearing a luminous mask moves alone by night …