Wanli Visuals
2026 · Web Audio API, p5.js · audio-visual interactive

Water, Listening

A browser-native piece that listens through the microphone and lets sound reshape a water reflection in real time: its ripples, its light, its stillness.

01 — The beauty

Subtle beauty in nature I spotted: light breaking across water, leaves shifting quietly above it.

The original photographed water reflection, with overhanging leaves and streaks of light on the surface

02 — The experience

Watching it, I almost always have music running, in my head or through headphones. Nature's motion and sound together become something holistic, almost trance-like. It stirs real emotion.

The water at rest, before any sound reaches it
still water
The same water surface, now moving in response to music
listening · music detected

03 — The idea

I wanted a way back to that feeling, and to bring that holistic experience into a digital, more accessible space. So I built a piece where sound shapes the water, its reflections, and its light, in real time.


04 — The reminder

Nature holds beauty and holds peace. This is a way back to the vibration it left behind.


Try it

Play music, allow the microphone, and watch the water listen.

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