Soundwalk
As I walk to my bus after work, I unplugged my Airpods and turned my phone to silent. This “soundwalk” was the first time in a long time that after work I allowed my ears to absorb anything besides the music I choose to feed them. Iin order to hear the noises around me, I had to focus and breathe; after years of living here, the natural vibration of the city has become silent to me. Today, however, I heard it. I heard the sounds that I conformed into silence. There is the rumble of a car muffler, a low vibration that enters my ears as quickly as it left them. Music was playing, I first heard it through its bass. A pounding that went through my ears and I felt in my teeth, it was meant to grab my attention. Well, not mine exactly, but the music was at a volume that naturally attracted attention. There was three sets of car horns, played in symphony as the frustration traveled back from the second car at the light. Heels against pavement. Multiple clicks in a fast pace, quickly gettin...
