Resonancias para afinar- ser: una reflexión desde las sonoridades para pensar, decir, hacer y sentir

Abstract

Sound has a power beyond its physical characteristics; it can transform those who hear it, resonating in other bodies. This creative research is an invitation to emit intentional vibrations, capable of joining the decolonial aesthetic experience, as a sensitive-relational act and manifestation of a new way of existence. It proposes a reflection on the levels of listening and the energetic charge of the act of playing, based on the experience of encountering diverse voices, places, and references that materialize the construction of knowledge from an academic perspective, one that lies outside of academia, and my personal experience. Along with these reflections, the creation of four sound pieces is proposed. In the final part of this written document, I present, as a conclusion, how making other sounds and inviting alternative ways of relating to people (human and non-human) have become my new way of inhabiting the world, as a resource that materializes the "tuning" between the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies and harmonizes "thinking, saying, doing, and feeling." The construction of this creative research exercise was achieved through conversations with Indigenous elders and non-Indigenous people who construct their existence based on the knowledge stories of Indigenous elders. Special mention and gratitude are made of Elder Juan Yaiguaje Yaiguaje, his wife Blanca Maniguaje, and their apprentice Edgard Ruiz (authorities of the Zio Bain people); also, with the Evanjuanoy Family (Don Pablo) of the Inga council of Yunguillo, and with Don Fernando Juajibioy (an indigenous Kametsä resident in Usme, Bogotá). It is important to mention that the study of community sounds and music was carried out with the help of friends from Bogotá, who shared with these same experts and elders, building their narrative of contemporary habitability in the context of the city, in Bogotá.