One example of this idea can be conveyed through the vertical listening activity we've conducted in class. At first, we could control what we heard, however as the rhythm complicated and orchestrated into something far more complex, our minds could not keep up and separate the differences, which was the aim for the activity itself. Considering that Mr. Allen has listened to the classical piece at least a hundred times now through out his Humanities course, he is able to galvanize newer thoughts upon the piece, discovering more every time. At first we all think straight ahead, telling ourselves, "well isn't this an easy one." Unfortunately, no ones super human and we need repetition to hear something new every time we go back to it. I had a tendency to make it a prerogative to think that what I heard or seen my first time to be seen as is. This was five years earlier in 2005 when I could only decipher so much. Then I came to question my perspective on its credibility, just as Locke proposed.
However, the vertical listening gave me a spur of the moment sort of reaction and caught exactly what I was trying to look for since 2005, we must play with our perceptions more. We must play with it more every time so we can catch flaws and discover something others weren't able to see. It's like proof reading a book to check if there's no errors or starring at a FedEx truck to see more than an arrow, which I highly doubt. There's always something more every time one takes the opportunity to go back and observe the possibilities, and that's why to this day humans look at history to make the future better, both abating the percent of mistakes and presenting new ideas from past idea.
Vertical listening, however, isn't the only application I've made so far. I use it when the sun comes up, varying on whenever it is. I sometimes use it literally because, well I can. Sometimes I use it metaphorically to write poems and I slowly realize that I should edit it more to make the final product better. I use it when I drive so some bloke doesn't come rolling out of their drive-ways. I did use it before but now my awareness has increased drastically. The fact of the matter is, I've gained so much out of the first semester and hopefully my views will change drastically as I did with vertical listening. At the moment, I love vertical listening because you can get so much more out of life, knowing or rather seeing what to look for. It's like high beaming the future without the person in front of you becoming irate.
