It’s a rare experience to sit down, turn on a system or plug in headphones, and have listening be the primary if not sole activity—no scrolling through a phone, texting with friends, having a running conversation, but instead just listening. Slowing down, sitting with others, fully attending to sounds (often music) for the sole purpose of listening is an intimate moment, sharing affect of sound, imagination, ecology, and each other.

 

-Walter Gershon, 2017, Sound Curriculum

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Here, you will find a collection of videos demonstrating ways of moving or being in various locations. It is recommended that you watch them in full screen and listen with headphones, so you can fully immerse yourself in the experience, or maybe become the experience (Ellsworth,  2004). Instead of providing guiding questions or outcomes for these virtual experiences, take the time to let you mind wander. There is not necessarily anything you should  be paying attention to. Perhaps, the first time you watch a video, you acknowledge things you notice, and thoughts that arise. Then, feel free to watch it a second or third time with some intentionality — attention to sensory stimuli, emotions, evoked memories, patterns, times of novelty etc.  The tools present on Dreamscape are meant to be flexible and adaptable. Use them to guide your learning the way you see fit. If you would like, you can express your thoughts through the mind mapping resource . These videos may also provide inspiration to share your own inner and outer worlds to others around you. Please feel free to share comments and questions on the discussion forum or share your videos of the way you navigate your world. Hopefully, this will create space for more examples of how people navigate their inner and outer worlds. It is time to shift pedagogy from concrete knowledge to places of experimentation in thought (Ellsworth, 2004).