What if listening doesn’t simply change what we hear, but determines how we understand and relate to the world around us?

In this episode of Listening with China Blue, I sit down with pioneering composer Annea Lockwood to explore her lifelong fascination with sound, the environment, and the visceral ways we experience listening through our bodies. We talk about her belief that listening determines everything, her decades of listening to and recording rivers, and her understanding of rivers not simply as landscapes or sources of sound, but as living systems with agency of their own.

Our conversation asks what becomes possible when we stop treating the natural world as something separate from ourselves and begin listening to it as an active participant in our shared existence.

If you’ve ever wondered how listening can transform yo ...