I can't really deal with buttons. And that's what I keep saying, "Okay, I can't push buttons, because that means I have to take my hands off the keyboard or the buttons or whatever. Don't you understand!" .
Pauline OliverosThe sound and just the fact that it was different from the piano, yet it still had some familiarity [made my fascinated with accordion].
Pauline OliverosWhen I composed the first sonic meditation, I realized that I was composing the direction of attention.
Pauline OliverosIn my Deep Listening class at RPI, I always do an hour of energy exercises to start with. Then we do a listening meditation after that, after the body has been loosened up and warmed up and is ready. We do the listening. After that, there's the journaling of the experience, which they do each time throughout the semester to the point that I have them write a final paper on what they've experienced.
Pauline Oliveros