• Listen to all sounds around you: a refrigerator humming, a keyboard clicking, an air conditioning system rumbling. 
• Listen to the distant (and not so distant) traffic noise; any airplanes flying by? Listen to people working, people hammering, people mowing the lawn. 
  
• Listen to people talking, people laughing, or crying. 
  
• Listen to your own noises, your own breathing. 
  
• Please write down what sounds you hear and what you think about them.

Compared to the previous activity,  you may discover you are analytical or judgmental about sounds. 

See if there is a pattern to your thoughts about sounds. 

Now please think about what you have just learned in this module: has it changed your thoughts about sounds?

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