I like it even when my earphones stay in my ears and don't play music.I get this feeling that I am cut off from the rest of the world,safely ensconced in my cocoon, invisible, just as I am when I wear shades.
Objects that make me ostrich.
(a passing thought.. probably will glean these up someday and string the beads)
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Hmm.. I felt the same yesterday.. unconscious of the fact that the song stopped playing way back, I was still having my earphones on. and somehow.. removing them gave me a very uneasy feeling!!
really? Wow! It's kinda exciting to find about someone else who has experienced the same thing that you thought was weird.. maybe there lie hidden some insights in these micro-experiences, that we often discard as insignificant.
I thought this was too random a thought to be published..but then i thought we make a big deal of publication..i'm glad i went ahead :)
ok.. lets spice things up.. lets see if something emerges out of this.. you game?
yup.. :) (coincidentally... As I am writing.. I am still having my earphones on and itz complete silence!!!)
cool.. "removing them gave me a very uneasy feeling".. describe the uneasiness :)
Hmm.. it's difficult..Let me try.. when I removed them, I could not bear the howling noise of fans in my room.. some other regular "noises".. I think it was more of a frustration that I was back from a state of mind where I was unconsciously unaware, unobservant of my surroundings. I felt as if those noises were trying to rob me of my intimacy with MYSELF..
Ok so I stumbled upon these links that explain our experience:
1. The Walkman Effect, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman_effect
"In his phenomenological analysis of this effect, Rainer Schönhammer argues that wearing headphones interrupts a form of contact between people in a shared situation, even if there's no explicit communication, thereby violating "an unwritten law of interpersonal reciprocity: the certainty of common sensual presence in shared situations."[9] He goes on to draw a similarity with the wearing of dark sunglasses, which causes irritation because there's an inequality in the balance of looking at and being looked at. Similarly, according to Hosokawa, Walkman users blatantly "confess" that they have a secret (something that you can't hear), which can cause negative feelings in observers."
2. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/apr/18/history-of-personal-music-players-soundmen-sound-o/#
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