The Beginning of Autonomous Listening

The Beginning of Autonomous Listening

Ritmix. Publishing House Jewelry Business. India. 2007

I was no longer transcribing others.

I began seeking my own.

2007. Mumbai.

We were in hard hats, surrounded by noise, at the construction site of the Diamond Exchange.

Nearby — a Ritmix digital recorder. It captured the sound. I captured the essence.

This was no longer training.

This was presence in the moment.

I wasn’t just listening —

I was choosing what was worth preserving.

That’s when I began to hear not just language, but intention.

This was journalism without an editor.

Intuitive. Mobile. Alive.

From first voices — to first sensations.

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Construction site of the Diamond Exchange in Mumbai. People in hard hats. A woman holds a Ritmix digital recorder. The atmosphere is filled with movement, noise, and focused presence. The image symbolizes the transition from transcribing others to independently seeking meaning.

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Anna Pivtorak Kostyuk 

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26.05.2025

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