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Merriam Webster defines the word disembody as the following: 

  1.  : to deprive of bodily existence

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I define it as: 

  1.  : a balloon with your brain in it held by a hand that may or may not be yours,     floating three inches up and three inches to the left

  2.  : hearing through gauze and seeing through stained glass 

  3.  : performing the act of being human. 

 

It's a feeling I am intimately familiar with. Sometimes it feels like I am disembodied more often then I exist within myself. â€‹

A textured maple leaf

Long shot of Patterson Creek

Soundscapes capture moments in time and place, but they also serve as a performance of self.  In this soundscape, I go to Patterson Creek Park, a place I used to visit whenever I felt upset and disembodied during a time period when I lived across from the highway. There was construction at the park, and throughout the recording process I frequently encountered electrical interference. In the juxtaposition between the sounds of the park and the way the microphone picked those sounds up, I found the same disconnect that I felt during past visits. Through this separation of embodied sensations and recorded sound, I hope to try and capture the feeling of trying, and failing to perform as human. 

Lichen on the Patterson Creek fence

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