I've been thinking about sound recently and the effect it has on me.
Certain sounds are really comforting, like the sound of the car on the gravel late at night at the weekends as my children arrive home safely.
The sound of the wind and rain against the windows when everyone is warm and cosy inside is another comforting sound.
I love the sound of laughter, children playing and the wind chime outside my office. The birds never fail to enthral me.
Different types of music can make me want to dance or sing or sit still and always takes me to another place!
The voice of a friend on the telephone is a sound I treasure deeply.
I am moved by the sound of honesty - honest pain, honest pleasure, honest anger...- and always feel privileged when I hear it.
My cat purring on my lap or the dog breathing softly as she sleeps are sounds I could listen to forever.
The sound of drums never fails to get into my soul, no matter what the rhythm or what kind of drum is being beaten.
I love piano music, a good tenor voice and the chord E minor!
I love the sound of water - from crashing waves to rain on a roof - the breeze in the trees and all the sounds of nature.
I love the creaking of our house at night and the weird, gurgling noises the pipes make.
But, above all else, the one sound I love most of all is the sound of silence.
If you don't think silence has a sound, you haven't been listening!
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