I just ordered "The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books" from amazon.com.
Here's the web page:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/089886335X/qid=1014903590/sr=1-1/ref=
sr_1_1/002-7545911-1696063
Lang
> Actually Walt, I think that really great recordings require 'hooking' our
> emotions to animal behavior. The creative process needs to go to those
> deeper levels to communicate certain discoveries. And for those interested
> in a field guide to emotion hooking, I whole heartedly recommend John Muir's
> books, particularly the single bound edition of "Eight Wilderness
> Discoveries." AKA "The Father of Our National Parks" he can hardly write a
> paragraph without including a verbal sound recording. His work is
> transformative, so are the places that he describes. So for anyone out
> there that wants expert guidance for soundscape recording, pack Muir next
> to the biscuits and eat it up.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Knapp
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 3:49 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Song Playback or Call-down technique.
>
>
> Gordon Hempton wrote:
>>
>> Walt,
>>
>> This is the second comment regarding the illegitimacy of attributing
> human
>> emotions to wildlife behavior, and that's just today!
>
> And here I go again.
>
>> I listen to the birds all the time, and they give pretty good advice.
> (Ask
>> any soldier that has been on patrol in a foreign country and he will
> likely
>> know of stories about how an ambush was avoided, lives saved, because
> the
>> wildlife alarm calls tipped them off.) I think we should honor our
> 'bias'
>> when it comes to nature recording--it will guide us towards better
> set-ups.
>> Science can catch up later.
>
> Actually the wildlife "alarm calls" were arguing over the best seats to
> watch the show.
>
> Don't forget to listen to the trees, the Druids had something going,
> even though we have no idea what. I'm still trying to find that out.
>
> Science is not really behind on this, in fact we often know a great deal
> more behaviors than most folk do. And more about why it occurs. I was
> once a soldier, and finding the enemy was easy, as you say almost
> everything out there was pointing them out.
>
> We should be aware of how wildlife behaves, I never said otherwise. And
> we should definitely use that in our nature recording. But to do that
> does not require hooking emotions to the behavior. Or knowing how they
> behave thinking we know how they think on a higher level.
>
> Walt
>
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