Native, 1974 (Human, 2023)
Native, 1974, by Pauline Oliveros, as a Listening Walk, here extended by our own notes :
Native, 1974 (Human (title of piece with notes), 2023)
Take a walk at night
(or at any time or place unusual for you to take a walk (for example, during work, while shopping, alone as a woman, not on a path, etc., or take a walk with your eyes half-blinded by a veil).
Walk so silently that the bottoms
of your feet become ears
(Feel how you always already are listening through your feet, through your whole body)
Pauline Oliveros
Native, 1974
Take a walk at night.
Walk so silently that the bottoms
of your feet become ears.
Published in Sonic Meditations. Baltimore: Smith Publication, 1974.