Journal Entry #8 – Local Bookstore

  1. Date: 3/24/18, Time: about noon, Location: Barnes and Noble in Carle Place
  2. Sounds farthest: people browsing bookshelves, opening and closing of books
  3. Sounds at medium range: announcements over intercom, whirring of escalators
  4. Sounds closest: internal thoughts,  people quietly talking, younger children babbling
  5. Level of sound activity: generally quiet, resulting in a welcoming atmosphere
  6. Calm
  7. people browsing bookshelves, opening and closing of books and the people quietly talking

Journal Entry

1) Student Center Bookstore, 4:45 pm, 2/14/18

2) Farthest- People talking and walking over the Unispan, people talking in the lower level of the bookstore, someone playing music somewhere inside the student center

3)Medium- The cashier helping someone at the desk, lots of talking and laughing from the tables set up right outside the bookstore

4) Closest- Two people talking to each other next to me, my stomach growling, my breathing, a shirt falling off the hanger I was holding

5) Sound level- very high, intense and exciting because it was valentines day

6) Word- Active

7) Three sounds- music playing, people talking and laughter outside the bookstore