Trek Assessment #3

The number one thing I've noticed from following through will all of these treks is that there is so much about the area in which you reside in that you miss by just driving your car everywhere. Even if your riding your bike, you still mist a ton. Walking in areas around my house helped me the realize the true beauty and definition of what home is. I know that should I ever leave this place, and it is bound to happen, that I will miss it terribly. It's these simple things that I noticed on my treks that I take for granted. Sometimes it's just nice to get away from all the technology, all the buildings and all the traffic and just get out in an area where you can feel separated from the rest of the world. I found that to be surprising I could feel that much from just taking a couple walks. Another surprising outcome, on my trek 01, I walked down by a pond off the path of the golf course. I figured with the presence of water and the fact that it was a somewhat windy day I could find a ton of sounds by this pond but I heard nothing through the mics. It wasn't because it was too windy to hear, I had my body blocking the wind. I'm not sure why that turned out that way but there was no sound coming from the water, not even animal life (sometimes you can pick up the sounds of bullfrogs jumping in the water that were before resting on the banks). A third surprising experience came to me when I decided, on a whim, to record my cat purring on my bed. He was very relaxed, but I know he hates anything black. So the purr quickly changed to a growl when he saw two big black microphones in his face. Normally just hearing my cat meow, it's just a meow in my ears. But listening to his meows through the stereo mics, I could pick up different pitches and different tones in his voice that were very very interesting. It was almost as if he went through every meow he had in him. I guess it just sounded very different up close. That's one of the main things I learned through all this. When your going through your everyday life, sounds are just sounds. But when you take the time to really focus in on something, like the time I took to really focus in on the sounds I recorded in trek 01, it becomes more than just a sound. It becomes somewhat of an artistic piece, something that can be used to create a work of art. It's hard to explain, but your perspective on everyday things changes dramatically when you begin to notice and focus on them.