Deep Listening is listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing. Such intense listening includes the sounds of daily life, of nature, or one's own thoughts as well as musical sounds. Deep Listening represents a heightened state of awareness and connects to all that there is. As a composer I make my music through Deep Listening
Interpretation
Deep Listening emphasizes being fully aware of all sounds and experiences around you, enhancing creativity and connection.
The quote by Pauline Oliveros highlights the importance of listening deeply and attentively to the world around us. It suggests that true listening goes beyond merely hearing; it involves an active engagement with our environment, thoughts, and the subtle nuances of sound. This heightened awareness can enhance creativity, musical composition, and connection to the broader universe.
In practice
In a workshop on mindfulness, one might open with this quote to discuss the importance of awareness.
Deep Listening is listening to everything all the time, and reminding yourself when you're not. But going below the surface too, it's an active process. It's not passive. I mean hearing is passive in that soundwaves hinge upon the eardrum. You can do both. You can focus and be receptive to your surroundings. If you're tuned out, then you're not in contact with your surroundings. You have to process what you hear. Hearing and listening are not the same thing.
This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't matter to me what your position is. You've got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it. This is about being a complex human being in the world, not about finding a villain. This is no time for anything else than the best that you've got.
I couldn't have written things like 'Low' and 'Heroes,' those particular albums, if it hadn't have been for Berlin and the kind of atmosphere I felt there.
Don't write about Man; write about a man.
The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.
I was particularly proud of my performance as the Joker. I considered it a piece of pop art.
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