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No doubt there is truth in the AWAD quote - I wouldn't worry too much though - silence approaches - its hush penumbras back over time and is deafening!
"There is no such thing as empty space or empty time. There is always something to hear or something to see. In fact, try as we might to make a silence, we cannot. For certain engineering purposes, it is desirable to have as silent a situation as possible. Such a room is called an anechoic chamber, its walls made of special materials, a room without echoes. I entered one at Harvard University... and heard two sounds, one a high and one a low. When I described them to the engineer in charge, he informed me that the high one was my nervous system and the low one was my blood circulation."
- John Cage, Silence
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Silence Zed 03/23/05 08:12 PM Re: Silence musick 03/23/05 10:36 PM Re: Silence belligerentyouth 03/24/05 03:28 PM Re: The Sound of Silence Faldage 03/24/05 11:34 PM Re: The Sound of Silence inselpeter 03/25/05 03:21 AM Re: Silence Jackie 03/28/05 02:41 AM Faldage 03/28/05 11:08 AM Re: of troy 03/28/05 03:34 PM Re: Silence and Solitude BraveLad 03/30/05 02:10 AM Re: Silence and Solitude belMarduk 03/31/05 02:28 AM Re: Silence and Solitude BraveLad 04/05/05 07:04 PM Re:unknown state Jomama 05/05/05 04:41 AM
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