On Silence

“When you sit in silence long enough, you learn that silence has a motion. It glides like water. Its colour is silver. And silence has a sound you hear only after hours of wading inside it. The sound is soft, like flute notes rising up, like the words of glass speaking. Then there comes a point when you must shatter the blindness of its words the blindness of its light.”

Growing up fifth of six kids, I learned that life was chaos and noise. It was where I thrived. Always shared a room, and later, an apartment, and marriage, and my own children, and when finally silence found me, it was shattering. It took a long while for me to appreciate the gift in silence, and like anything in life, I had to learn not to rest there too long.

Balance and moderation. That’s what I seek.

But, oh, I do love silence.

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VJ

Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

24 thoughts on “On Silence”

  7. VJ, being a writer, I’ve sought after silence to help me focus. But lately as a widower it’s isolated me further—not always to my advantage. The idea of balance is central, and we must choose the best way. Thank you for such thought provoking words. Cheers!

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  8. Balance is a must, but I like the scales tipped slightly towards silence; silence in nature, which is never really complete silence if you listen closely.

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  10. VJ…this is a gorgeous piece of writing — new to me. This really stands out:
    …”silence has a sound you hear only after hours of wading inside it…”
    Wow. 💝

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