Hello! I’m Meara O’Reilly. My thing is auditory perception. I’ve been exploring this through making instruments, heirloom science demonstrations, auditory illusions, and singing.
I write and build things for Make and Craftzine.com. I was in the band Feathers, and have played a lot in Brightblack Morning Light and with Michael Hurley, but now I do my singing alone, sometimes with a chladni plate. Right now I’m trying to make a glass vocoder and I live with the people from Encyclopedia Pictura, at our experimental woodland creative dojo.
These next couple of weeks, I’m going to write about new musical instruments and technologies, auditory perception, and inspirational approaches to farming and land management. I’ll also profile some incredibly unique musicians and composers that maybe you haven’t heard yet. Thanks to Mark for inviting me here, I’m really excited to be a part!
(Photo: Aubrey Trinnaman)