I had to cope with attitudes that were not supportive all along. I mean, you still have that.
Pauline OliverosWhen I composed the first sonic meditation, I realized that I was composing the direction of attention.
Pauline OliverosMaybe I'll start from the initial idea, what motivated me to do that. In 1953, I had access to a tape recorder. Tape recorders were not widely available. There was no cassette tape back then. It was a Sears Roebuck tape machine. I put a microphone in the window and recorded the ambience.
Pauline Oliveros