Sound walk

As I walked around my neighborhood for an hour I could tried to open my ears and examine every little sound I could hear. I noticed there where far more than what I could imagine and these different little sounds come out with concentration and a true feeling of heightened awareness. Many times when I do a sound listening meditation its usually in a quiet place where I can be alone with whatever sounds are present at the time, I noticed that sometimes silence can be louder than sound there is a static like or even screeching noise in silence I don’t know if I’m the only one that notices or if that’s simply what happens when there is no sound coming from a specific place.  In my walk I couldn’t hear this silence because there were activities of all kinds. One could hear the leaves dancing along with the strong breeze that dropped in from the west the sound would blend in with the passing of the occasional car that passed by since it was the morning there weren’t much but enough to make one or two honk their horn and create an almost symphony with the sound of the wind and the leaves moving along with the engine of the car that could be so vividly heard. As the breeze continued ticking my ears I could also hear the footsteps of people walking by along with the coins that would sound in one man’s pocket. That is what 7:30 am sounds like in my neighborhood.

Wilson Aldas

Museum

            I went to the museum of moving image and I must say I was not disappointed. I only wish I had discovered the museum a bit sooner so I know it exists! There are many things exhibits I enjoyed and many things I observed.

            one thing that immediately captured was before I even walked in the surroundings were filled with many production trucks and the cones that always signals filming after that what captured my attention as well was the white walls/floor/stairs. Everything was white and it looked very clean as if its maintenance team works around the clock. As I walked in I was also glad I paid 9 dollars instead of 12 although it was worth every penny.

The first exhibit I saw was a script of Nurse Jackie and photo graphs along with the history of the Kaufman Astoria Studios this was the first exhibit and I was already pulled in as an actor. What was to come would be even more surprising. After I left the first exhibit I went to a room where there portraits of many stars of film and of all generations. I then went into a room where there were masks that were used in films along with artificial noses. As I continued to walk there were small screens showing speeches and describing the writing process. There I also saw a script of the classic movie Citizen kane. As I continued on my tour I immediately noticed the museum wasn’t what I thought. I was expecting boring pictures of movies and maybe an auditorium or two. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that wasn’t the case i walked towards clothing worn in past films and shows including Robert Di Niros boxing gloves from raging bull.  I couldn’t help but touch the white suit from Miami Vice. I continued along and saw the mini theater they had there and since the museum was relatively empty I went in and was all by myself in the theater I looks like a kid in a candy store. After this I preceded to the 3^rd floor where I saw cameras and I even saw many of the things that were discussed I class like the first motion picture machine.  And in the floor I found my favorite exhibit. It was a spinning machine that after a while the light turns of and the light flickers at 13 frames per second which was amazing to see that illusion of something actually happening! I Then continued my walk towards the microphones and the first cameras it was mind blowing how big they were and it was just a flash back to class.

            The museum in general was an amazing experience I loved it. I was just disappointed I was alone. I would talk about all the exhibits in detail but I would fill up six pages. I know for a fact that will not be my last time in the museum I will take my family another day so I can have fun without looking like a creep. it was definitely the best museum I have been too. Maybe for me more because of my background but I was thrilled that I went. 

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