Madplanet

White noise to calm the troubled heart

Emotionally, I haven’t been feeling too pleasant recently. It’s partly a side effect of writing songs, a process which for me doesn’t take place in my comfort zone if done correctly. In other words, stuff written in a state of contentment tends to come out as crap and, more importantly, lacking enough impetus to finish it in search of resolution.

I was catching up on news at my desk this morning, still on the rollercoaster, and came across this by Dan Benjamin on the benefits of white noise versus silence. I’m listening to simplynoise.com at the moment and I do find it therapeutic, to a degree. One of the stated benefits is masking tinnitus, which in a way is analogous to what I need it for—though the signal I want to mask is the chattering gears of my imagination.