THE POWER OF TRANQUILITY IN A VERY NOISY WORLD

In THE POWER OF TRANQUILITY IN A VERY NOISY WORLD, Bernie Krause, "one of the world's leading experts in natural sound," (Sir George Martin) delivers a necessary and timely guide for achieving a happier, healthier, and more productive life by examining and tuning the auditory environments in which we inhabit, bringing to us a form of "pilates of the ear".

The noise in our lives - that special category of the soundscape - is a debris field of arbitrary and often harmful signals vying for our attention but with nothing much to offer in return. And yet we haven't paid much heed to this toxic auditory space, partly because we are not aware how much we are negatively impacted by it. Indeed, our lives are riddled with sound: the cooing baby down the hall, an ambulance screeching by, white noise from the television. Unsurprisingly, the noisy environment in which we live has an immense impact on our concentration, alertness, and feelings of anxiety. To manage the rubble that distorts and hinders our mind and well-being, we must first understand it.

In the tradition of Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, author and soundscape expert Dr. Bernie Krause shows us a series of techniques to harness our clamorous surroundings to live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. Readers will learn what sounds are pleasurable or harmful, the cultural disparities in sound barriers, the difference between human-created and natural sound, and much more.

Thoroughly researched and accessibly crafted, The Power of Tranquility in a Very Noisy World will help you learn how to gain control over your sonic experiences and live a more tranquil and enduring life.

Dr. Bernie Krause is a former composer and musician. He is an author, naturalist & public speaker exploring the world of soundscape ecology, bioacoustics & natural sound. In 1968, he founded Wild Sanctuary, an organization dedicated to the recording and archiving of natural soundscapes. He is the author of The Great Animal Orchestra (2012).