I’m not too sure why, but it’s hard to look at an image or video of a scene (or even a person) and not mentally fill in the blanks to find out who is “in the scene” and who is “not there.” In my own case, I am very aware of my surroundings and what is before, what is behind, and what lies beyond.
I also know how to look at a video, but I know I am not actually looking at the video. I am looking at how the video looks, and why it looks like who is there. By the time I’m able to articulate my awareness of the scene, it is already too late. I may have spent the day watching the video and wondering why I was not at the beach with my friends as I was the day before.
So far, the video has played out as a bunch of random images with nothing in particular behind them. However, we do hear a voice saying things like “I’m not there. I am here.” Or, “I am not there. I am here”. I wonder if there is a way to play the video with the sound off and just hear Im there.
As the video ends, I am still not exactly sure if I was at the beach, but I do know that if I had been I would have heard a voice telling me to go get the phone and call my parents. My parents are the one who let me go to a camp for a while. If I were back in that camp, and the video was playing, I know I would have heard a voice telling me to talk to my parents.
A lot of the time with video games, you are playing the game. Sometimes you are playing with the game, and you don’t really care if you don’t hear the sound of your own voice. In that case, I’m sure you can play the game without actually hearing your own voice.
A lot of us have grown up with the sound of our parents’ voice being a constant buzz in the background. Even I, who was raised with no cell phone, have heard the sound of my mother’s voice. I don’t know why, but I’ve gotten used to it. I don’t even notice it.
But I think it is because the sound of your own voice is so much louder. But here is a funny thing. If you hear people talking over a cell phone, you probably cant hear them very well, since they are talking so loud. But if you hear the sound of someone speaking directly into your ear, you can actually hear them very well.
I don’t know if this is all just a coincidence or not, but I recently got a new phone. I had my old phone for years, and all of a sudden, there was a new message waiting for me. I didn’t get it until this morning. I didn’t even pick it up. If you are ever tempted to use another phone, don’t.
I am not sure if I can blame the new phone for that. I guess I am talking on a cell phone (like I always have), and I am just not using the phone for anything, so I don’t hear anything.
That could be it. Maybe you are still using it. I dont know. We’ll have to wait and see. Either way, the phone company is still offering us a free new phone if we call in and say we are interested. Ive tried several times. Maybe you are just still in the “testing” phase of their new phones. Thats cool.
