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The ear favours no particular __oint of view.__e are enveloped by sound.It forms a seamless web around us.We say, __usic shall fill the air._ We never say, __usic shall fill a particular segment of the air.__e hear sounds from everywhere, without ever having to focus. Sounds come from __bove,_ from __elow,_ from in __ront_ of us, from __ehind_ us, from our __ight,_ from our __eft.__e can__ shut out sound automatically. We simply are not equipped with earlids.Where a visual space is an organised continuum of a uniformed connected kind, the ear world is a world of simultaneous relationships.
Marshall McLuhan The Medium is the Massage
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The ear favours no particular __oint of view.__e are enveloped by sound.It forms a seamless web around us.We say, __usic shall fill the air._ We never say, __usic shall fill a particular segment of the air.__e hear sounds from everywhere, without ever having to focus. Sounds come from __bove,_ from __elow,_ from in __ront_ of us, from __ehind_ us, from our __ight,_ from our __eft.__e can__ shut out sound automatically. We simply are not equipped with earlids.Where a visual space is an organised continuum of a uniformed connected kind, the ear world is a world of simultaneous relationships.
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Marshall McLuhan

The Medium is the Massage

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