Welcome to International Noise Awareness Day, a day which seeks to highlight the detrimental effects of living in a noisy place. Now obviously, I like a bit of noise from time to time, but just imagine if every second of every day sounded like a mash-up of these...
Sometimes, you just need a bit of peace and quiet, yeah?
Loud environments don’t just overwhelm the ears. They can raise blood pressure, disturb sleep, and even slow down how well children learn. Many studies warn that constant noise wears down both the body and mind.
Today then is a day to turn the volume down and enjoy something a little gentler on the ears...
Kings Of Convenience - Winning A Battle, Losing The War (from the album Quiet Is The New Loud)
I don't do well in noisy environments - just can't concentrate. Left a job once because the rest of the team wanted to play a radio, really loud, which meant I would just have got paid for listening to the radio and nothing else. I wouldn't have been able to tune out (no pun intended) unlike the others who treated it as white noise - sacrilege.
ReplyDeleteLiked that Association song by the way. Discovered them late and like everything they made - of the era.
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