Subject: Cage & Anechoic Chambers From: mountain <mountain(at)UA.PT> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 12:35:31 +0100--------------4109E69DCEA9EE454561310E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by aleve.media.mit.edu id GAA00655 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 -- =BB=BB=BB=BB=BB=BB=AB=AB=AB=AB=AB=AB=AB=BB=BB=BB=BB=BB=BB=BB=AB=AB=AB=AB=AB= =AB=AB Dr. Rosemary Mountain Universidade de Aveiro Communication & Art Dept. P-3810 Aveiro, Portugal Fax: +351-34-370868 --------------4109E69DCEA9EE454561310E Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">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)</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"></FONT> <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">rosemary</FONT> <BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">--</FONT> <BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times">»»»»»»«««««««»»»»»»»«««««««</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"></FONT> <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"> Dr. Rosemary Mountain</FONT> <BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"> Universidade de Aveiro</FONT> <BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"> Communication & Art Dept.</FONT> <BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"> P-3810 Aveiro, Portugal</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"></FONT> <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman,Times"> Fax: +351-34-370868</FONT> <BR> </HTML> --------------4109E69DCEA9EE454561310E-- Email to AUDITORY should now be sent to AUDITORY(at)lists.mcgill.ca LISTSERV commands should be sent to listserv(at)lists.mcgill.ca Information is available on the WEB at http://www.mcgill.ca/cc/listserv