With gratitude to Calmed by Nature for use of the snowy forest setting (seen through the window):    • Snowy Forest Ambience - Relaxing Wint...  
List of Sounds:
- the particular crackle & whirl of a snowstorm fire, vigorous but steady, when the snow makes home a hermitage and there is no choice but to rediscover the joys of silence and hearth
- an occasional gust of wind, high enough that it scarcely disturbs the snowflakes' calm descent, instead simply carrying more snowclouds to settle comfortably overhead
- a sporadic, cheerful chirping from the forest birds, perhaps only the playful ones who choose to frolic while others shelter
- footsteps heard echoing sometimes through the large stone hall beyond the door, their cavernous resounding adding a contradistinct coziness to this little library & its reading nook by the fire
- the subtle movements through which a body dialogues with space: the hushed conversing of hand-knitted wool against upholstery & leather; the gentle shifting of weight in the embrace of a chair
- the sweep of books removed from shelves, their heft descending upon desktops & tables like a sharp exhalation
- the creaking-open of book spines
- the tactile greetings through which books know that they are loved, tracing covers with the edge of a fingernail or flipping through pages to find a favorite passage, a discovery, an answer
- an unconscious, mumbled reading-aloud only barely heard over the breath
- the opening & closing of dovetailed oak drawers, their contents well-organized and familiar enough to be retrieved without looking
- the little symphonies of paper known best to writers and scholars: the whispered smoothing; the fingertip crinkling; the folding like a deep sigh; the shuffle & rustle of seeking & sorting; the flustered crumple; the intermittent, sweeping rip & tear
- the tiny clattering of writing instruments collected in cups and boxes, awakened into chatter by a hand searching by touch for its favorite
- scribbling notes with fountain pen and pencil, sometimes dawdlingly, when the mind wanders from one vague, desultory interest to another, and sometimes furiously, when a keen stroke of inspiration must not be lost

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Question: What is an ambience video?

Answer: Pleasant, soothing background images & sound for relaxation, study, play, or work; gently occupies an anxious or unfocused mind without causing unwanted distraction; creates a comfortable, inviting atmosphere; personalizes sparse, colorless, or impersonal environments; enlivens spaces where we live or work alone; fills silence with more subtlety, ease, and warmth than music or TV; offers softly dynamic "rainbow noise" instead of monotonous white noise; enhances interior design & personal style by turning screens/screensavers into live photographic displays.

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