A Forest Cathedral at Dawn Near the Sea

Artist:

Nick McMahan

Salt Creek Campground Washington, USA

Notes:

Birdsong grows with the light. A soft white noise breathes in the background revealing the rhythm of the morning surf. Cycles that change endlessly, but also repeat with a subtle consistency. How many days have had this sound? This song. Deeply listening to the environment I sense time in the auditory. A threshold of change. Of light. Of temperature. Then the song begins and I’m frozen in the subtle dynamic of nature. Singing Swainson’s thrush, American robin, and Wilson’s warbler blend magically, I guess they do this every day and the practice is evident.

These sounds were recorded on the ancestral land of the S’Klallam Tribe.

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A Forest Cathedral at Dawn Near the Sea

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