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Re: Gorillas in the Mix

Subject: Re: Gorillas in the Mix
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:31:44 -0700
My great pleasure, Raven. Anything for the cause of natural sounds
from whatever sources are left. And thanks for the kind and
thoughtful words. Much appreciated.

Bernie

>Hi folks,
>
>I had the pleasure of attending Bernie Krause's presentation of his
>"Gorillas in the Mix" last
>Friday at the University of Utah and highly recommend anyone, who
>has the opportunity,
>to go see it.  One of the things that impressed me was Bernie's
>ability to mesmerize his
>audience.  Wee children to elderly folk obviously were totally
>enthralled with Bernie and his
>pictures/sounds.  The presentation was open to the public and
>attracted quite the
>diversity of folks.  With all of the children, I was amazed at how
>well behaved they (the
>children) were.
>
>I just want to say how much I admire Bernie and all of the work that
>he and his lovely wife,
>Cat, do to educate people about the crisis and issues surrounding our natu=
ral
>soundscapes.  I know that there is a great lack of awarenss out
>there about the loss of our
>resources and Bernie made the statement that he believes our country
>to be wasting two
>of our most precious resources, our natural habitats and fine young minds!
>
>I also admire all of the rest of you folks, on the list, that are
>using your time and talents to
>educate others about the plight of our fellow creatures and soundscapes.
>
>Thanks, Bernie and everyone!
>
>warm regards,
>Raven Simons
>Salt Lake City
>
>P.S.  I posted to the NSS list about an article up on "The Witch's
>Voice" called "Journey To
>The Temple of Sekhmet" that talks about issues of sound in our
>National Parks.  You can
>find it at http://www.witchvox.com.  Somebody suggested I post it to
>this list for some of
>the folks not on the NSS list to enjoy.
>
>
>
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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