Hi,
It's Brooks Palmer.
And today we're going to do something really interesting and new.
And I'm very excited about it.
What we're going to do is we're going to figure out your sound.
What does that even mean,
Right?
Like,
What is my sound?
What are you talking about?
Have you run out of topics?
And I thought,
No,
No,
Because,
I mean,
I'm kind of eccentric in my own ways,
You know?
And I enjoy creativity and I let it flow in whichever way it feels dominant at the time.
And sometimes I make up sounds out of nowhere.
I mean,
Not when I'm out and about at a store or something,
But when I'm home or with my wife,
I'll just make up these kind of funny sounds.
And they feel like there's something primal about them.
And,
You know,
I'll just,
Like,
Start talking like this or something,
And like,
You know?
And I thought,
Wouldn't it be fun to help people find their sound?
And you can,
You know,
Make the sounds when you're by yourself or with someone you feel close to,
And they'll be a natural extension of yourself.
So let's do that now.
And my wife's here too.
She's Julia.
Hi,
I'm going to make some sounds too to help you out.
Yeah,
She's going to be doing along with you.
So what I'd like you to do is take a moment,
Feel that breath come in and out of your body.
And the natural relaxation that comes with that.
I'd like to think of it as floating with your breath.
Your breath,
When you naturally connect with it,
Taps into your nature.
Helps you tap in.
So breathe in and out.
In and out.
And feeling that natural rhythm in your body,
That natural sense of you-ness.
At any point that you feel like making a sound,
It just comes out.
Go for it.
See what happens.
It can be tiny.
So whatever comes up,
It can be a sound you've never even imagined you could make before.
I wish I could hear,
I mean I love hearing my wife make these sounds.
I wish I could hear the sounds that you're making.
I just can't even imagine how interesting it must be.
And I think there's an animal,
I mean we're animals,
Right?
We're humans,
We're animals.
And so animals make sounds.
I think when we're very young,
When we're babies,
We make sounds that aren't words.
And we never think like,
Oh that was a weird sound.
It's just like they just come out.
Babies make so many sounds.
And then we're basically taught,
You know,
These are how the sounds should sound.
This is what you should sound like.
You need to start saying these specific words.
And I think it's important,
You do need words in order to communicate.
But I think in some way or another we lose that primal sound of just all kinds of emotions that go with those sounds.
So I encourage you after this to spend some more time,
Or if you've noticed some sounds that have been coming up during this recording,
To perhaps use them when you're walking around your house.
Or when you're with a friend,
You know.
A friend gives them another chance to accept you,
A different way to accept you.
Maybe you'll encourage them to come up with their sound.
And we'll see what comes from that.
Thank you very much.
