Synopsis

Between Ears Plug and play, in search of an ultimate feeling. When I was a child, someone once gave me a very large shell. It looked like a snail’s shell and they told me that if I held my ear to it, I could hear the sound of the sea. So a little while later I was on my own, in my room, listening to the sound of the sea. I was about seven years old and it was magical. It was impossible really, but it seemed like I was on the beach. With the shell close to my ear, I basked in the warmth of the memory of my last holiday at the beach. Perhaps everyone has experienced, in this or similar way, that sound can change our awareness in a way that makes us forget about our surroundings and makes it seem our head is somewhere else. A miraculous process that takes place in the brains, that no one can clearly explain, but that has the ability to make someone feel better. With the arrival of the walkman, and later mainly the mp3-player, this phenomenon has taken off tremendously. Especially the mp3 –player has captured the hearts of…