Soundwalk

                                          Blog Assignment 2: "What I Hear"

   Fall is coming to New York City, so I decided to go to central park to find some fall colors while I was doing a soundwalk. It was a windy day at 5 pm. I started on fifth Avenue, where is full of traffic noise. There were not many people walking at the park, but there were a few photographers photographing people and the landscape, which made me hear the sound of releasing the shutter, from their cameras and their phones. As I walked inside the park, I heard less traffic noise and more natural sound- wind, water, and birds. I heard the sound from the wind by hearing the swaying trees. I heard the sound from water when I was walking around the Wood Chip Vantage Point, where there was some running water next to the walkway. I heard the sound from the birds most of the time. Sometimes, there will have sound from the ambulance but with a much lower frequency than what I normally hearing on the street. 

   When I was walking next to the bow bridge, I heard someone was playing the violin. It was unexpected but I think having people playing instruments in a public place is the culture of the city. I could feel people are enjoying the music, and I heard people laughing, talking and taking pictures on the bridge. It was the highlight of my day because the sound of the violin creates a romantic atmosphere in the park, especially the player was playing next to the bow bridge, where people usually go there and take wedding pictures. As I walked closer to the streets, the traffic noise started hitting me again.