When I composed the first sonic meditation, I realized that I was composing the direction of attention.
Pauline OliverosI feel that students always learn more from each other than they do from their professor. They learn by doing and not by trying to soak up information from one person.
Pauline OliverosIt takes time because the habitual response to that is very deep. It goes back to our earliest responses as babies. You have to feel safe, and if a sound is threatening, you're going to be upset. There are those early responses, depending on how and what kind of experiences you had.
Pauline OliverosI'm currently very impressed with the level of understanding and of interest in listening that I experience wherever I go. That motivates me to dig deeper into what I've been doing all of this time, to find new ways and also to get over the thought that it's not happening.
Pauline Oliveros