From her phone’s camera, the orange & pink blur of an ear
pink noise is often used as a reference signal
My words boomerang back & vanish in a storm of static
blue noise — good for dithering
Later, at a party, I drink enough to hear a sort of surf
blue noise is also called azure noise
violet noise is also called purple noise
My ears ring from an hour & a half of singing
brown or red noise is also known as
“random walk” or “drunkard’s walk”
Back home, I notice huge gaps in the sky where stars used to be
black noise is also called silent noise
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Phrases in italics are from the Wikipedia article, “Colors of noise.”
See the photographic response by Rachel Rawlins, “Bucket.”
Listening to space – a soundtrack!
Unfortunately, I’m not able to listen to any of the links on that site. :(