The Listening Depot

The Listening Depot is a place to be heard and to lend an ear. While it is sometimes presented as a location-specific installation, the idea can be realized anywhere, anytime - whenever two people get together with the intention of creating a safe, compassionate place for one of them to be fully and deeply heard.

The kind of listening we are interested in always happens in real time and space. While the telephone, the web, and e-mail are great communication tools for some intentions, they are not well suited for the kind of deep, compassionate listening we encourage. Eye contact and other forms of nonverbal communication are crucial to effective listening. All of our installations and events involve actual human beings interacting at the same time and place. While we will list include some resources and articles on this web site, we don’t plan to offer an online or other virtual form of the project.