50 | NOVEMBER 25 • 2021 ARTS&LIFE EXHIBIT noted as being one of the most dangerous predators in that region. ” While his recordings have taken him into dangerous grounds, he and his wife, Katherine, endured the most frightening encounter with nature in 2017, when their California home of 25 years burned down among massive fires, destroying treasured possessions and biophonic attractions along their extended property. While lamenting the loss of field journals, slides dating back a half-century and a Manouk Papazian guitar he played at Carnegie Hall among many other keepsakes, Krause is grate- ful that natural sound archives survive. Over 50 years, he collected more than 5,000 hours of record- ings of natural environments including at least 15,000 terres- trial and marine species from around the world. “During our dicey pre-dawn flight, we came face-to-face with the malevolent eye of global heating and its horrific conse- quences as we bolted through the wall of fire that had envel- oped our driveway — our sole one-way path to whatever life now remains to us, ” said Krause, turning to new projects. Readers can access his latest book, The Power of Tranquility in a Very Noisy World (Little, Brown), which addresses the issue of noise in complex sur- roundings — how noise affects health and well-being and what can be done to mitigate the problem. Although Krause would like to visit Israel, the trip would be more personal than professional. “Most of Israel’s habitats have been so radically altered by human endeavor that I really can’t use the recordings for the focus of my work, ” said the for- mer Detroiter, whose outlook also applies across America. “I need to work in older, more remote sites that express them- selves as close to uncompro- mised as possible. “I think of natural sound- scapes as narratives of place and time. There’s a divinity to those collective utterances that speaks to me of the values and wonders of the living world. Nothing, to me, takes precedence. The stories told to me through those utter- ances are my window into what is Divine in the universe. ” continued from page 48 DETROIT’S PREMIER BOUTIQUE AUCTION HOUSE JOIN US FEBRUARY 7 th FOR OUR EXCLUSIVE ONLINE AUCTION FEATURING ICONIC 20th CENTURY FINE ART, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, GLASS AND FURNITURE WWW.LESHOPPETOO.COM 3325 Orchard Lake Rd, Keego Harbor, MI | 248-481-8884 FREE Iconic Design and Fine Art Auction Registration and bidding open now until Sunday, February 7th, 2021. Check out the auction catalog on our website! MON Closed, TUES-SAT Noon-5pm SUN & Evenings by appointment only FREE Preliminary ART APPRAISALS accepted by appointment Tues. or Wed. Noon–4pm Appraisals provided by Detroit Fine Art Appraisals AUGUST 22nd AUCTION DATE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5th, 2021 at 12:00 MOST ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE TO PREVIEW AT LE SHOPPE TOO PRE-BIDS AND PHONE BIDS ACCEPTED 248-481-8884 FEATURING ARTIST AND DESIGNERS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VLADAMIR KAGAN, ROY LICHTENSTEIN, NAKASHIMA, CARL MILLES, PAUL JENKINS, ADELAIDE ROBINEAU, AND MANY MORE! Iconic Furniture & Art Holiday Auction Join Us! Sunday, December 5th th Free preliminary Art Appraisals Wednesday noon to 4pm