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The notions of soundwalking, aural ecology, and soundmarks are discussed in this chapter, alongside the recording of sounds and how it interacts with these sounds. There is a conclusion of the author’s objectives – that one develops a (re)sensitization to one’s acoustic environment, so that one can see how they evoke a sense of time, space, distance, direction, and motion – as well as how they affect one’s behavior, mood, (inter)actions, and wellbeing. It is further emphasized that listening is not an activity that only living beings are capable of – “the vibrational force of sound means that it acts upon entities regardless of whether those entities are consciously listening to it or not” (Gallagher et al.).