Fish Creek Provincial Park Soundwalks with Chad Eastman

Take a walk at night.

Walk so silently that the bottoms

of your feet become ears.

— Pauline Oliveros, Native, 1974

Since its emergence in the 1970s, the practice of soundwalking has spawned multiple other modalities that blend physical activity with intentional listening, such as, soundsitting and soundswimming. This suggests to me that movement, not the modality, is the crux.

For me, running is a creative practice of rhythmic movement that facilitates knowledge of self and world. Through experiences of flow and immersion, running encourages the formation of deep relationships between people and places. Sound is movement, too, and moving transforms sound—not just listening to it but feeling it, moving with it, becoming it.

Fish Creek, being the second largest urban park in Canada, has many visitors who are participating in outdoor activities whether hiking, running, biking, or p