Ashley

For my sound walk, I chose to listen to the noises and observe the area around me at Grand Central Terminal. I commute on the Metronorth train every day, and thus always walk through this location - except, I always have earbuds on and am always listening to music. I generally don’t pay much attention to people (unless they have a dog) and stay focused on getting to my destination while enjoying my music. Before starting this assignment, I tried to imagine what I hear when I’m in Grand Central and I couldn’t think of what exactly the space sounds like, besides some sort of jumble of noises. It is now 7PM at Grand Central. It’s fairly crowded and I see someone rushing to get somewhere almost everywhere I turn. While the majority of people are running to their track to catch their train, I wonder if some people have somewhere drastic to be. I hear a group of tourists’ dialogues and they seem to be speaking Korean. They’re trying to figure out where or how to go somewhere. It makes me ...