Berine Krause's 'Sound As My Mentor'

Sound. Another complicated, complex idea humans struggle to completely understand. Sound is highly difficult to understand and explain. It is difficult because sight overpowers hearing. Additionally, sound is difficult to explain because it is affected deeply by different experiences, such as: Berine Krause’s personal experiences in his “First Notes” article. Also, sound is very different and unique which makes it hard to fully understand. The “First Notes” article and the passage from “Sound as My Mentor” are both very creative and exclusive which can result in similarity. Furthermore, both writing are very creative which can result in a sort of a connection or resemblance making it difficult to demonstrate sound. The ability to see overpowers …show more content…
“ I discovered, if I want to portray the sound of an ocean shore, I need to record a variety of samples from different distances; a couple of hundred feet from the water’s edge mid-distance from the high dune grasses to the water’s edge, and right at the waterline.” ( “Sound as My Mentor”, paragraph 4) Moreover, viewing an object clearly is easier than attempting to listen to it, because numerous amount of aspects affect listening more than viewing it. For example: weather and distance. Those examples affect viewing too, nonetheless, not as great as listening. In addition, sound is non linguistic. Sound is considered and understood separately in different languages. Therefore, sound is not relatable. Different sounds have different meaning which can create confusion. Further, it is out of human's linguistic grasp. “The basic elements of sound are just outside our linguistic grasp, and to most of us sound has always been an enigma.” (“ Sound as My Mentor”, paragraph 6) Unfortunately, to humans disadvantage sound can not be touched, seen, or smelled. With the elimination of the previous senses understanding sound is beyond difficult. “Although, we' receive sound physically, the recognition that sound cannot be seen, …show more content…
For example, Krause’s personal experiences affected his hearing sense as sight was not his primary sense. Therefore, his hearing sense was more dominant. His ability to hear was highly greater that he had connections with sounds of all creatures. “I came to know the sounds of the nonhuman creatures of my youth very well.” (“First Notes” , paragraph 3) Furthermore, personal experiences affect individuals broadly. In krause’s case, everyday sound led to his admiration of music. His love to music made him disobey his parents and apply to a music school to do what he truly love and enjoy. (“From that moment on, my parents never looked forward. I never looked back.” (“First Notes” ,paragraph 7) In addition, Krause used his imagination as well as technology to create sounds. Lastly, Bernie Krause used his resources and experiences to attempt to understand