wrote:
> Why not buy recordings instead? Sometimes I do, but when
> it's a recording that I have made there's a memory and
> sentiment attached to it that is personal to me. Millions of
> people take photographs every day, yet no one would likely
> ask them the same question.
> Why does that one plane or Harley motorcycle matter? I've
> heard the world with mechanical noise and without, and I
> prefer to hear it without the intrusions. To hear pure
> nature takes my imagination to another time. As soon as I
> hear something outside of nature, then the spell is broken.
> I am recaptured from my escape. My state of relaxation is
> agitated and my blood pressure goes up.
>
> But the plane is so high, you can barely hear it. Well put
> these headphones on and now tell how loud it is. You are
> basing your judgement on the loudness of that plane in
> reference to your hearing. Perhaps other creatures hear the
> plane's volume differently.
But how does that come across in an interview? "I don't like small annoying=
noises because they're more annoying when I listen with this device that h=
elp me concentrate on them". That soounds petty unless you first justify wh=
y it's worth doing that in the first place, which is why these answers need=
a bit of planning.
Will the interviewer have to take your word for it that these noises are mo=
re obvious through headphones, or will you have a recording ready for them =
to listen to?
As for buying recordings to avoid the noise, how are you going to do that i=
f no one can get clean recordings anymore?
Peter Shute
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