David Dunn explains how our auditory senses are much more deeper than what we individually perceive them to be when we hear them. When reading this article I actually thought of a personal experience of mine that I thought related to the exact point that Dunn was trying to get across. My fiance has Misophonia, which is a disorder that causes her to completely detest the sounds of chewing, loud mouth breathing, and repetitive pen clicking. When she hears any of these sounds, she’s immediately faced with overwhelming anxiety, anger, distress, and has a strong urge to flee the scene. The reason for this still puzzles scientists, but at the basis of it the reason is because when she hears the vibrations of these sounds, it triggers a physical and emotional response that differs from the majority of the population. I directly related this to the example that Dunn refers to when he says, “Since this is true for all living things, and since each thing is made differently, each form of life hears a slightly different multiverse. Each species of insect frog, bird and mammal listens to a distinct reality that arises from the constraints of how they are constructed.” By this theory, there is no universally pleasing auditory sounds as each subject listens to the sounds differently. This brings life to John Cage’s claim that any sounds can be considered art, no matter what the masses thinks of it. The basic understanding that sound is understood differently for every person, rendering Cage’s notion true that someone may consider art, which means it is considered art in general.
Comments