
Initially, my sound piece consisted of two parts: noise pollution and healing sounds. My work, overall, was 15 minutes long and occupied more than 250 MB of space. I realized just now that the maximum file size, that is allowed for the sound piece, in assessment is 200 MB. Therefore I had to make a hard decision about what should I cut out from my piece. Both parts were created in perfect unison and in my opinion, erasing any part of the inside, would destroy the effect and will feel incomplete. The last thing I want is to take away from the listener the opportunity to immerse in sound and feel what I felt while designing my sound piece. Therefore I have decided that the best will be to delete one of the two parts, instead of erasing just parts and destroying the overall effect. I am really sad that the listener won’t be able to experience my idea of the “negative” and “positive” sides of the sound but it’s better to focus solely on one part and refine it till perfection, instead of keeping both parts with remains of sounds from the initial piece. I chose to focus on the”positive” sounds that have a healing and calming nature. Particularly because I want to see things in a positive light and imitate them in my work. But mostly because I am very proud of the recording, which I captured during a therapy session using Himalayan singing bowls in Indonesia. It is one of the most nurturing sounds I have ever heard and whenever I need to focus or relax I play this recording in the background. What’s more, I think it is the perfect material to show the healing power of sounds in particular frequencies.