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A Musician, a Poet and a Quaker share their listening experiences; discuss the difference between hearing and listening and reveal how listening is more than just an aural experience; it鈥檚 something much deeper motivating their work and their lives. The musician is Dame Evelyn Glennie, whose vision is to teach the world to listen by encouraging everyone to discover new ways of listening. As a result of hearing problems when she was a child, Evelyn learned to 鈥榝eel 鈥� sounds, not just hear them. Using different instruments she demonstrates how sounds and reverberations can affect us; emotionally and physically. Katrina Porteus鈥檚 earliest memory is the sound of a blackbird singing whilst she was in her pram. Since then listening has had a huge influence on her work as a poet; much of her work is about the fishing communities and landscape of County Durham and Northumberland. Like Evelyn, Katrina feels sounds; they are 鈥渢he heartbeat of a place鈥�. On the written page, there is silence between the words of a poem. 鈥淚f we get it right we can find silence where we can really listen鈥� says Hermione Legg, who has been a Quaker since she was child and regularly attends meetings which are opportunities for a community to come together in worship. There is no creed and much of the meeting is silent. The silence offers an opportunity to listen. Listening is also about communication. 鈥淚f I鈥檓 listened to, I feel I have worth鈥� says Hermione 鈥淲hy speak if no one鈥檚 going to listen 鈥� Life would have no meaning without us listening.鈥� Producer Sarah Blunt.