a Sound i like : Footsteps

one of things i love about the things i love :

the sound of footsteps

i like to think that the reason why people high-up in power, think CEOs and such, invest in good shoes, is because sometimes the shoes do maketh the man. i like to think that they like to hear the sound of their "powerful" footsteps verberating on the expensive marble stairs. The 'Click-Clack' of a woman's 4-inch high Laboutins, the well-composed 'clop-clop' of a man's handsome leather shoes. it makes it seem like they are "announcing" their status in every step, and who knows, maybe that's what gets them through everyday.

i like to hear footsteps on wooden floorboards or stairs. it gives me a warm, homely comforting feel. Not that my stairs at home were made of wood, no... but my grandmother's house did have wooden steps, they give the loveliest sound,albeit creepy when it's dark upstairs and you're on your own. i am comforted by the sound my simple heels 'tap-tapping' their way across car parks and tiled floors, i get to make believe they are just as gorgeous as the Aldo heels i so crave.

The Foley sound of running footsteps that you hear ever so often in the movies, be it an action-packed one with the heroine in a catsuit, or a mystery-thriller where the hero makes his way stealthily through corridors, or the "patter-patter" of children running to their mother at her beckoning. It gives me an inexplicable satisfaction. It's a strange comforting feeling.

Maybe it's because it evokes an imagination i had as a child, day dreams of classy Victorian homes in England where its occupants saunter around in their leather-patent Mary Jane's, or running up the marble steps of a glorious mansion in a gown. ah, the places a mind brings you to accompany the words on a page. and

that's another story altogether...

Just for kicks, ( and maybe the next post topic) the NEW me?

can you spot the differences?