I created a sound piece based on my understanding of a personal list around the theme of “Things that make me feel clean” I initially approached this task in the by listing out sounds of tasks I thought are obvious to the theme such as cleaning or sanitizing furniture or objects around the house. But then I listed down other tasks or actions that are not obviously associated of things which makes me feel clean such as opening a window and letting fresh air in, the process of organizing as it declutters my mind and watching someone of a profession having a very good technique consistently such as a basketball player making every shot or a skater landing every trick. From this class activity of constructing our own personal lists, I learned that this type of listing can hold many different interpretations of the author based upon their own way, their own thinking and perspective.
After reading lists written by Sei Shonagon, I learned that personal lists can be a reflection of our everyday experiences and our own perspectives of how we process information. The way Shonagon wrote about and detailed items or thoughts on her lists were ordered in a way such that her writing about a her view on detailed items or thoughts on her liststems is loose and flexible in creating a meaning and connection. Along with class feedback with my theme, i tried to implement this method into my sound piece by interspersing sounds which to me are obviously associated with the word clean and not so obvious sounds that give me a clean feeling. Peer feedback I received in class after completing a draft was to make some sounds more obvious, in particular the basketball going into the hoop swish sound effect to bring some clarity to the work and make it a bit more clear as to what the sound the audience is listening to.
References : Perkovic, J., 2013. ‘Sei Shonagon’s Lists’ [WWW Document]. Guerrilla Semiotics. URL https://guerrillasemiotics.com/2013/05/sei-shonagons-lists/