I Am Listening Now

Holger Schulze

 

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I am listening now.

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I cannot tell what you are listening to right now.

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I cannot tell in what exact way you are listening right now.

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I assume, your listening is different now than it was ten years ago – or a day ago. Or last night. Or even five minutes ago?

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Listening is a differential.

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When you listen, you discover.

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What do you discover?

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It is never the same, what I listen to.

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Listening is a discovery of the manifold.

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I can hear the water heater around the corner. I hear some streamed ambient sounds coming out of my speakers. A person is talking on the phone next door.

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Can you hear the electrical hum in this room? The sounds of the traffic outside?Sonic traces of all the fingers typing on their screens?

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I enjoy these sounds.

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Their serendipity gives me pleasure.

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There’s sonic serendipity in every single listening situation.

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This morning I can still sense the wind rushing past my earlobes. I listen to faint sounds from afar. To the sounds from within my body.

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I am listening now.

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Tell me, what are you listening to – right now?

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