Nigel (hohprof) mentioned that he feels music as a physical sensation.
hohprof: Somehow music has become more enveloping, more of a totally physical experience.
It got me thinking about how my brain stores away my memories. It files the things I read under “things heard”–the things I read closed captioned, books, magazines, websites, IM conversations.. They’re filed under “audiotory memories”, but yet- the things I actually hear, they’re filed under “visual” or “tactile”. Music memories are written lyrics, with the bass memory in my chest and just behind my earlobes, with the treble and mid-tones tickling down inside my arms–in the bone and the muscle.
And to this very day, my brain insists that the first memories I have of sound with hearing aids, are physical–the hearing aids I tried as a young child after losing my hearing–I remember the bird song attacking me like grackles and clawing at my ears terrifying me to the point where I refused hearing aids until my 20th year. Then, with my first hearing aids as I walked outside, hundred-mile an hour winds buffetted my body, car horns punched violently inside my head to the point of actually physically throwing my head around. Rain touched me even as I was dry under the eaves, it pattered against my arms and trickled down, tickling between my fingers. And as the first snow crunched under my feet, it felt like styrofoam between my teeth as I heard it for the very first time.
Senses, when complete, act like walls against eachother–there is little sensory leak. When diminished, the senses meld- and like smell and taste become interchangeable.
June 17th, 2005 at 12:41 am
Very interesting..but how about this…since sound can be a physical distortion of sound that our bodies, acutely aware of our sensory surroundings, absorb…what happens when we swim underwater? How does sound travel toward us? How do we hear under the silence of water?
Silent distortion? Almost similar to the analogy of “In space, no one can hear you scream.”-ALIEN, 1979.
Or when we dream..do we “hear” simulated sounds that we “learn” in real life? Or is it more of a visual noise..like white static/snow on television?
Or. . .dare I boldly say it. . .the act of human intercourse in bed. How are sounds translated? Is it important to hear it? Is it needed to intensify our reactions? Or does being deaf dilute our senses but only the sense of touch makes up for that lack of sound? I ask because sometimes I consider doing art projects related to the erotic scene and how sensory deprivation affect us. . .sexually. And how I can translate that onto the canvas or surface.
(no offense to Sara E or her mother, Donna M…I know you’re probably reading this but my objective is to explore our deafness to the extremes if possible and bear no intention to illicit an illegal response but rather to learn from others about their opinions and experiences)
June 17th, 2005 at 2:13 pm
You can just as easily look at it in a way that makes sexuality *more* intense because of deafness.
* Less heavy breathing sounds in the ear–just the sweet tickling rush of air.
* No embarassing sounds, or they’re greatly diminished.
* Less “warning” when someone’s lips are about to come in contact with your body–you can’t hear their movements, so there’s a rush of anticipation and then sensation.
* It’s all physical and visual, and you have to communicate through the body instead of through words.
June 17th, 2005 at 4:23 pm
I don’t know about you guys (going to get awfully personal here) - but I always take my hearing aids out for sex. For instance, the two of us are really getting into it and then….BEEEEEEEEEEP! Whether he had just moved in to kiss my ears or the aids just plain popped out - I don’t know what but I do know there’s no better mood-killer than my hearing-aid feedbacking in the middle of a hot moment.
On the positive side, the last guy had this really annoying need to talk trashy-dirty, so fortunately I have my own editing capabilities, hehe
June 17th, 2005 at 4:50 pm
Aie! FEEDBACK during sex- Blah! Talk about needing to reach up covertly and switch the hearing aids off. :p But then I’ve got earplugs in, and that feels wrong too. So I’m with Julie–hearing aids go for sex. :p
June 18th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
thats….very erotic sounding……
June 18th, 2005 at 4:36 pm
hmm..I’d prefer to have my hearing aids on..so I can talk but then again, a battery that goes out in the middle of something can be irritating. I think to me, sound is necessary for me to get some inspiration to my art…as in music to be transcendental to the drawing paper or canvas…as well as the sounds of someone in bed seems to “dial” things up a notch. . .as far as I understand.
. I asked these questions so I can understand the theory better and what can be applied to erotic art and how our lack of hearing affects that.
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To Jessi…’erotic sounding’..it’s supposed to be
To Sara…earplugs? Try it without them…actually, don’t take my advice on that
June 20th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
What’s the point of talking during sex? :p
June 20th, 2005 at 5:57 pm
err..not sure
. I imagine people would talk. Then again, it depends on the person.
June 21st, 2005 at 1:48 am
asd
June 21st, 2005 at 11:11 am
huh? What is ASD?
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:30 pm
probably something someone says during sex.
I think it was just someone testing the commenting function on this website by typing in random letters from the keyboard. Not sure why, but eh.
June 22nd, 2005 at 1:24 pm
saying ASD during sex? How amusing. Maybe it’s their way of speech therapy…..:x.
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