Drift Assessment #4

4. Describe your favorite experience, situation, place, or recollection from either of your Drifts. Be specific about what happened, how you felt, how you reacted, and why you think this particular experience affected you so much.


My favorite experience so far has been recording down by the Hospital loading dock. It was around 2:00 pm so the traffic was pretty steady and I stood right across the street from the south end of the hospital which was under construction, but currently not being worked on. I started to record up and down the street with the sound of passing cars echoing off the unfinished Hospital, I remember feeling very relaxed and comfortable not only with recording but with other people noticing me as well. I also thought there was such an excellent sound that was being recorded, but if you listen to it it sounds very much like regular cars. However, if you listen closer you begin to pick up this excellent echo that makes the sound much more dynamic. I think this experience affected me most, because it made me comfortable with the uncomfortable and it also forced me to really listen and focus not only on the dominant sounds but what is behind that sound as well.