Just as a visual image can record a time and place, a recording can create an auditory photograph, and I find that the ear as well as the eye can take us back in memory to that moment.
Ticking away the Centuries…
One of my favorite spots to stand is in the house of friends at the Heart of Charleston’s French Quarter at exactly 12:00 noon. That is when the very air of this 1700’s home hums softly with the ticking and whirling of clock gears as the chimes begin.
The sound brings back the mood and beauty of the visual surroundings.
Listen here to the Noontime Charleston Chimes
“The grandfather clocks are precisely wound and surrounded by the fainter neighboring church tower bells in echo, they take turns sounding off. Some are closer and some more distant, but they all stand like soldiers aligned in timed order, one by one, each speaking in their own voice of timber and texture.”
Robin Davis
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Loved the sounds, reminded me of an old Pink Floyd record!
Alright! Thanks Stephen 🙂
Love it. So evocative with just the merest hint of a reference to Dali’s Persistence of Memory.