Cum tacent, clamant
Politician loses election so he organizes a mob of malcontents to seize the capital and bring him to power. Sound…
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The quiet girl and the unquiet empress
If it’s still in the theaters, go see “The Quiet Girl.” (Or rent it on Amazon Prime.) It should have…
Silent periods
I always remember going “Whoa! Wow!” the first time I read that there was more than one infinity. In fact,…
You have the right to remain silent
A teenager I knew hated to practice so much that she would skip the rests marked on the score to…
By the way
People have a lot to say about silence. That much is obvious after a week of searching on the term….
The Silent Caper
One of my happiest experiences of silence took place in a rural area of Kenya, 180 miles north of Nairobi….
Not doing anything. Really?
I think that I’ve read more about the compositions of John Cage than I’ve actually listened. Of course, there’s not…
Zero
As much as I try, some ideas just keep eluding me. Perhaps I should pay more attention to the frequent…
Heraclitus on my mind
One of life’s mysteries is why some memories stick with us and some don’t. I’m not talking about the memories…
Kindness rules
The title of Carlo Rovelli’s latest book hooked me in. There are places in the world where rules are less…