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Soundscape Experience

The sound of sailing has always stuck with me, even though I've only been on a proper sailboat a few times in my life reminiscing on the experience comes to me in sound. The crash of the waves against the side of the boat as it cuts through the water, the billowing flaps of the giant sails as they search for that perfect gust of wind, the sharp clank of metal hardware battering against the beams and posts of the sailboat. There's also something very peaceful about not hearing an engine roaring over the soundscape of the water and its surrounding environment, so clearly hearing the seagulls squawking above head and noticing how different the wind sounds out on the water as opposed to on land, no imposing structures to impede the wind from blowing freely.    

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