Last winter, I heard a woman’s scream pierce the cold, dry air of the city. It paralyzed me and I immediately turned to my taxi driver to ask if he, too, had heard it.  It was an ambulance leaving Saint Vincent’s Hospital.

SIREN(E)S - BY SUBSTITUTING AN UNEXPECTED WOMAN’S VOICE IN PLACE OF A SIREN, AN ALARMING PRIMAL SOUND IS IMMEDIATELY HUMANIZED, BRINGING A NEW SENSE OF AWARENESS TO WHAT IS OTHERWISE AN ALL TOO COMMON AND TYPICALLY DISTURBING EXPERIENCE. IN DOING SO, A DISTINCT EVENT TOUCHES THE SOUL, AWAKENING DEEPLY OUR EMOTIONS ALERTING OUR INSTINCT BEYOND FEAR.