I don't think there's anything as fascinating as the human ear.

Think of sound. Think of what it is.

In reality, it's our brains interpreting waves in the air.
Our ear catches the vibrations, they travel through, hit our eardrum, vibrate the ossicles, moves the amplified noise into our cochlea, which then divides the frequencies, and finally transfers it to our cochlear nerve, which leads to our brain.

it sounds crazy, but after learning about it for a month in audio, it's completely fascinating.

our ear tells us if we're on our side or standing upright.

but what really gets me about it is sound.

sound--an interpretation of waves moving through the air. how we interpret vibrations.

we are literally built to hear music, to hear waves around us and make something of them.

how incredible is that?!

think of all the things that go on around you... sounds you don't even know you're hearing half the time.
you can literally sit in the middle of a busy neighborhood, listen to all the different frequencies moving through the air, and form SOMETHING musical out of it.

I love the subway.
I love hearing breaks squeak, heals click, things tap, the hum of a moving train.

and how do I hear it?
it makes a vibration
that moves through my ear
that my ear catches and directs into my brain

if a tree falls in a forest, and nothing or no one is around to hear it, it won't make a sound. sound is simply an interpretation of waves.

don't argue and say an animal will be around to hear it, it's obviously a hypothetical situation.
nothing is there to catch the waves and turn it into a sound.

how lonely that must be.

and when you think of how sound effects you it's even more incredible.
it switches moods, it saves lives... an instrumental song can sum up everything that words can't say.

what power... I could go on for days.