Environments

Young mothers have found that these sonic backdrops can induce babies to sleep.

 No music, not subliminal.

The heavy pitter patter of the steady driving rain is hypnotic; the low rumbling is relaxing; the thunderous explosions jump out at you while the baby sleeps soundly.  70-minutes 

Today is a hot, muggy day.  You lay flat near an open window as an afternoon summer thunderstorm rolls in.  The smell of rain accompanies a cool breeze interrupting the heat. Large drops of rain begin to fall from the clouds.  A gust of fresh air through the window sprays you with droplets of water.  As the wind whips up, the heavens unleash a raging shower.  Thunder crashes and rolls around the sky, then booms, shaking the rafters.  Sharp bursts nearby are followed by distant rumbling far away.  Lightning flashes, succeded by a startling tandem explosion of thunder.  The summer storm is all around you, though violent and percussive, it soothes and calms you.

Unwind to the gently burbling waters 
of Duck Creek as it rushes 
to become One with the 
mighty Mississippi River. 
The mesmerizing buzz of cicadas 
rising and falling provides a 
backdrop punctuated by the 
mildly dissonant cry 
of a train whistle, 
an airplane making its way 
across the lazy summer sky. 
A nearby crow banters angrily. 
A frog creeps through the brush 
and plops into the running waters 
as Duck Creek surges
to its ultimate heaven.