Different forms of media surround our everyday lives. We have becoming desensitised and less aware of what is constantly circulating around us. What we see with our eyes is one of the most powerful sensory features we use. Sound is most commonly second, followed by smell and touch.

I walked out of the media lectorial with a new ‘filter’. Filter being I opened my perception of my surroundings and broadened it from the usual ‘what do i hear, see, smell and touch’ and I began to become more aware of sound and silence. Sound is very powerful and quite often in modern day society our surroundings ‘sound’ is lost because we are all plugged up with earphones and consumed in technology that we forget to listen to what is in-front of us. If i didn’t take out my earphones I wouldn’t have been able to hear the person behind me laugh, or listen to the traffic lights buzz as the green pedestrian flashed. Sound never goes away, we can never sit in silence (unless you are deaf) which is an interesting concept to understand. When you become aware and ‘notice’ the quiet while trying to be silent, the ‘silence’ becomes more powerful and louder as such. Sounds like a ticking watch and the sound of the tv or computer monitor buzzing gradually get louder and don’t go away.

Whilst walking down the bustling street outside of the state library I became more aware of the media I have become ‘normalised’ to. The billboards, posters and advertising that bombards us became more bold once I began to notice it and look for it. Our city is so colourful and busy full of  media its a reminder of how much media plays in our lives.