Waterfall at 8:15am Monument, Hiroshima

"The sound in itself is very soothing to me, a pleasing combination of abstract and organic, as rushing water pours down over a textured surface in a reverberant stone stairwell, creating a density of natural white noise. The artistic intention, as a memorial to those who died there in August 1945, is poignant and even painful. Yet as a tribute to those who suffered long ago, I find it to be a sonic balm, an offer of healing to past and present alike. Our embodied human commonality can be found in this elemental sound."

Recorded by Gretchen Jude.

Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/

IMAGE: Balon Greyjoy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons