A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening.

Well, it’s a lot less dangerous – working with snakes and mountaibn lions and dangerous animals – than working in Hollywood [laughs]. Hollwood will kill you.
BERNIE KRAUSE

Animal Hollywood Laughing Snakes Working
With my portable recording system, I didn’t feel like I was listening as a distant observer; rather, I had been sucked into a new space – becoming an integral part of the experience itself.
BERNIE KRAUSE

Experience Integral Listening Nature Space
Our problem is that sound is not important in our culture. We know the world from the visual, not from the other senses. I had to be taught other ways of understanding.
BERNIE KRAUSE

Music Silence Understanding
A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening.
BERNIE KRAUSE

Men Silence Sound

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