Narratives of Listening

workshop 13.06.2026 from 15.00 to 17.00 @Limestone Bookshop, Grote Gracht 63, Maastricht.

Narratives of Listening

Welcome! Thank you for staying curious from the start. On this page, I will share a series of listening meditations to explore in the days leading up to the workshop. You can return to them as many times as you like; each time, the experience will be different. You do not have to follow the order from 1 to 5. Every moment is an invitation to listen. Different outer and inner spaces, and different times, will offer different experiences. All you need is your attention, your willingness to go a little deeper than usual. When you want, you can have a notebook or sheet of paper with a pencil to note down what you experience.

1. Listening closely: Pause. Listen to your breath. Pause. Notice one sound near you. Breath. Now listen how it interplays with your breathing.

2. Time travelling: Can you listen to a sound of yesterday? And to a sound of one week ago?

3. Space travelling: Begin with a sound near you, then move outward to one a little further away. Keep widening your radar until you reach the most distant sound. Where does it come from?

4. Time travelling: Can you listen to a sound of tomorrow?

5. Listening closely: Listen to the space. Focus on one sound. Stay with it until it becomes a tactile. What shape do you hear?