The problem with silence is that it can’t speak up and say why it’s silent. And so silence collects, becomes amplified, takes on a life outside our intentions, in that silence can get misread as indifference, or avoidance, or even shame, and eventually this silence passes over into forgetting.

The silence was an intense roar.

Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.

turns me on so loud it's like no sound, everybody yelling at me hands over their ears from behind a glass wall, faces working around in talk circles but no sound from the mouths. my sound soaks up all other sound.

What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

most people are perfectly afraid of silence

There was a terribly ghastly silence.
There was a terribly ghastly noise.
There was a terribly ghastly silence.

Why are you so afraid of silence,
silence is the root of everything.
If you spiral into its void,
a hundred voices will thunder
messages you long to hear

Le silence est une musique qui parle à l'âme.

Q: What is silence?
A: Silence is an austerity. You control your desire to talk. By talking, people try to impress others, which you can't do if you are in silence. In silence you have to develop tolerance. At first it is difficult to do because you separate yourself from others by not expressing yourself. But gradually the mind reduces that ego and an aspirant accepts the situation, which develops tolerance and reduces anger.

Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can't hear what you're saying

What is it about silence that makes people uneasy?

Silence more musical than any song.

Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.