Cage & Anechoic Chambers

[mountain <mountain@xxxxx>]

I am interested in hearing the response
to Eliot Handelman's query, and just want to enlarge on one point made
therein.  I have also not had the experience of an a-c chamber but
have been in the Alberta badlands (geographically /geologically related
to the Montana ones, I believe).  And certainly one of the most impressive
characteristics for me also was the silence -- the clay-type soil seems
to absorb all sounds, even one's breathing (I also don't remember hearing
my nervous system).  I have never been in a similar place.  Somehow
I expect that this creates a different experience from an a-c, but perhaps
only in a psychological way -- my impression is that the a-c  would
focus the attention on onesself as there would be a high consciousness
of a small surrounding space, whereas the Badlands, although an abrupt
change from the surrounding prairies with their wide open space  still
give a sense of vastness.  (The abundance of dinosaur bones also contributes
to a sense of time that makes one's human lifespan seem rather insignificant,
further adding to an outward rather than an inward perspective)

rosemary
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