Attentiveness.

[Fkeu'itan]

Spoiler: Negative rant of mine 

Last week I saw people on a popular hiking trail with headphones over their ears, listening to whatever was on their iPods. This bugged me; why, I asked in my mind, would you go out into nature with such an unnatural thing always allowed to steal your attention? You may have put your body in a beautiful place...but how about your mind as well? Sigh...there's probably something to say here about disconnection between humans and nature.

I happen to be one of those people, unfortunately.

Whenever I go out for a walk, i'm always listening to music. What I find is it enhances the experience even more, it adds a further sense of mystery and enchantment. It's not really a distraction thing.

What I listen to isn't some loud, brash rock-pop or anything. That has a time and a place. What I tend to listen to adds an atmoshpheric vibe to everything. Perhaps it's just the way I react to music (it's extremely powerful for getting at raw emotion) but that's how I feel.