“The Ear of the Heart”: Silence, Listening, and the Monastery

"Ear of the Mind": Silence, listening and the monastery are explorations by Tim Gallati, the essence of the monastic silence and listening relationship in recordings in the traditional tradition. We listen to the live recording of the monastery and the soundscape of the urban environment; reflections on poetry, religious theology and the history of noise are scattered. We will look at emerging technologies trying to recreate the noise experience of modern life. Everyone tends to begin to appeal the reign of St. Benedict, "listen to the ear of the soul."

Tim Gallatin is a candidate for MDiv ('18) and is studying the practice of meditation applied within' quiet 'experiences in nature, virtual reality and augmented reality. Tim's research focuses on listening to sound art, poetry, and "silence" in Catholic monastery theology. His field investigation made it possible for him to stay at two Trappist monasteries (New Abbey Abbey, Monastery of Saint Joseph) and backpacked in One Square Inch of Silence, a natural and quiet reserve in the Olympic National Park Has been expanded. . Tim established a VR application to induce respiratory meditation, tai chi guidance, news behavior and working on a paper to measure the physiological response of biofeedback visualization of participants' respiration in VR is.

Please listen to each other with your heart, not your heart or ears. Deep listening requires silence; listeners do not interfere with them for telling their own stories or reacting at a reasonable level. It requires that the listeners be together so that the people in the listener's heart can talk. The audience can accomplish this by receiving the message with all energy and attention directed to the speaker without interpreting or arguing it and repeating the content. Instead, the audience will accept, recognize and respect this person.

"Ear of the Mind": Silence, listening and the monastery are explorations by Tim Gallati, the essence of the monastic silence and listening relationship in recordings in the traditional tradition. We listen to the live recording of the monastery and the soundscape of the urban environment; reflections on poetry, religious theology and the history of noise are scattered. We will look at emerging technologies trying to recreate the noise experience of modern life. Everyone tends to begin to appeal the reign of St. Benedict, "listen to the ear of the soul."

Listening is the key to creating a pleasant tone for speech and songs. Our own ears can shape the sound of our instruments. Ironically, one of the most powerful elements of vocal music is silence. Silence between sounds creates rhythm patterns and emotional suspense. This is a temporary stop in the form of a pause that produces effective comic time. I listen to silence and voice. Vocal cords give out sound. As the controlled breath passes, the two very tiny muscles at the bottom of the throat vibrate and give off a sound. There is only a small space between the two codes. Minimal irritation and swelling of the vocal cord surface may result in a resulting sound change. If the audible sound is a bit awkward or rough, the vocal cords swell slightly. If you can not make a sound, that is, if you have a laryngitis, the vocal cords will swell too much so that they do not vibrate and sound out.