Listen up! Why and how do we listen? What noises are around us that we've grown to accept? What noises bother us that we can't seem to forget? How well do you know your neighborhood? What does it mean to walk around listening to an i-Pod? Interested in the philosophy and psychology behind sounds and our perception of them?

Listen up! Why and how do we listen? What noises are around us that we've grown to accept? What noises bother us that we can't seem to forget? How well do you know your neighborhood? What does it mean to walk around listening to an i-Pod? Interested in the philosophy and psychology behind sounds and our perception of them?

Buying a card for a special someone this Valentine's Day? Ever feel the urge to make art? Or perhaps subscribe to a religion? Wanna know the reason some believe we do any or all of the above? We will explore the social constructs that ease anxiety and fear surrounding the ideas and reality of a biological death: the religious, artistic, and romantic solution to the problem of death.