The Animals Were Never Alone
a Choose Your Own Adventure Essay
by Maria Lepistö and the Animal Sound Society
“IF THE SENSES WERE, BEFORE THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, CONCEIVED AS A COMPLEX WHOLE, THEY NOW BECAME AN ACCUMULATION OF PARTS - A TOOL KIT,” he screams professionally. He takes a deep breath before he continues to elaborate with a growl: “ONCE LISTENING IS SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER SENSES, WE CAN SELECTIVELY FOCUS; RECONSTRUCT AND INTENSIFY SOUND.”

If you can selectively focus, reconstruct and intensify the sound, go to 91

If you find it hard to focus, go to 99

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